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

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