Van lieverlede; zo
komen zij nader: 8 roeiers,
steeds verder landinwaarts
groeiend in hun mytologie:
met elke slag steeds verder
van huis, uit allemacht roeiend;
groeiend tot alle water weg is,
en zij het hele landschap
vullen tot de rand. Acht –
steeds verder landinwaarts
roeiend; landschap daar al geen
water meer is: dichtgegroeid
landschap al. Landschap,
steeds verder land-
inwaarts roeiend; land
zonder roeiers; dicht-
geroeid land al.
Little by little; so do
they approach: 8 rowers
ever further land-inward
growing in their mythology:
with each stroke ever further
from home, rowing with all their might;
growing until all water is gone,
and the whole landscape they
fill to the brim. Eight –
rowing ever further
land-inward; landscape where already
there is no more water: already
overgrown landscape. Landscape,
rowing ever further land-
inward; land without
rowers; already over-
rowed landscape
Translated in collaboration with Albert Hagenaars
Poetic Synapses 20
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