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