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

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