Kurkje

Kurkje

ik ben een heel klein kurkje
ik ben een heel klein kurkje
je moet me redden
ik heb een wenkbrauw van stroop
ik heb een wenkbrauw van zout
ik mag mij niet bewegen anders
valt de wenkbrauw van mijn hoofd
ik ben een heel klein kurkje

Cork

I am a little cork
I am a little cork
you have to save me
I have a brow of treacle
I have a brow of salt
I mustn’t move ‘cause if I did
my face would drop its brow
I am a little cork

Translation: David Colmer

Bouchon

je suis un tout petit bouchon
je suis un tout petit bouchon
il vous faut me sauver
j’ai un sourcil en mélasse
j’ai un sourcil en sel
si jamais je bouge
le sourcil tombe de ma tête
je suis un tout petit bouchon

Traduction : Daniel Cunin

Poet

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Poems

Kurkje

  • Ambassade du Luxembourg à Bruxelles
  • LUCA School of Arts
  • Istituto Italiano di Cultura
  • Danish Cultural Institute
  • Greenland Representation to the European Union
  • Czech Centre Brussels
  • Embassy of Sweden
  • LOFT 58
  • MuntPunt
  • Embassy of Ireland
  • Ville de Bruxelles
  • Orfeu - Livraria Portuguesa
  • Yunus Emre Institute
  • Camões Instituto de Cooperação e Língua Portugal
  • Austrian Presidency of the Council of the European Union
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Slovenia to the European Union
  • Network to Promote Linguistic Diversity
  • Scottish Government EU Office
  • Permanent Representation of Lithuania to the EU
  • Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Belgium
  • Etxepare Euskal Institutua
  • Mission of the Faroes to the EU
  • Commission européenne
  • Hungarian Cultural Institute Brussels
  • Lithuanian Culture Institute
  • Vlaams-Nederlands Huis deBuren
  • Austrian Cultural Forum
  • Permanent Representation of the Republic of Estonia to the European Union
  • Embassy of the Republic of Estonia in Belgium
  • Instituto Cervantes Brussels
  • Romanian Cultural Institute in Brussels
  • It Skriuwersboun
  • Greenlandic Writers Association
  • Swedish Institute
  • Embassy of Andorra
  • Spain Arts and Culture - Cultural and Scientific Service of the Embassy of Spain in Belgium
  • Leeuwarden Europan Capital of Culture 2018
  • Polish Institute - Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels