Lucht (Air)

# on November 15th 2006 at 10:17 am in Arts & Poetry, Random Rantings

Some lines of poetry were playing through my head trying to get to sleep last night, and I was surprised that I remembered them this morning after. So obviously, I quickly logged-on to scribble them down before I’d forget.

Update: Last night (16th today), it happened again — so I changed a few lines and also thought heck let’s make this one public (which is something I usually don’t do with this stuff, most of this stuff is strictly for my own eyes only heh). Anyway, it’s in Dutch, but as you can see I added an English translation, although that doesn’t mean you have to read it. :)

Here goes:


Lucht

De lucht,
  het verlangen,
De angst,
  het verdriet.

Richting
  kun je bepalen,
Maar het terrein
  niet.

De keuzes gemaakt,
  hetgeen nooit geweest is,
Hebben me geleerd dat
  het leven wreed is.

Air

The air,
  the desire,
The fear,
  the grief.

Direction
  you can choose,
But not
  the terrain.

The choices made,
  the things that never were,
Have tought me that
  life is cruel.

Also, some less subtle lines ‘came to me’ (more of a song though, and in English) — I may post it when it’s complete. That said, I’ve been playing with some other lyrics for over 12 years (!) so I’m not even sure if it’ll ever complete. It’s a ‘good’ thing the world only gets worse so at least the topics will stay relevant for quite some time I think… ;)

- Navaho Gunleg
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