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Die Belydenis van Liefde: The Confession of Love

[Afrikaans Poem with English Translation]

Ek onthou jou toe die spiese naby my was,
En die swaarde het uit my bloed gedrink.

Maar ek wou die swaarde soen,
Soos hulle gegrom het soos jou helder glimlag.

Ek is dronk van die rooiwyn van jou liefde,
So van so 'n dronkaard.

Moenie die hart vra oor die geheim van my hart nie,
Want liefde binne ons... kan nie met die tong uitgespreek word nie.

English Translation 


I remember you when the spears were near me,
and the swords drank from my blood.

But I wanted to kiss the swords,
as they wave like your bright smile.

I am drunk on the red wine of your love,
so from such a drunkard.

Don't ask the heart about the secret of my love,
because love within us... cannot be expressed with the tongue.


* Dear PoetrySoup members. I wrote an Afrikaans poem and I understand that many of you do not understand the Afrikaans language and I wrote the English Translation of this poem. Enjoy reading my poem.

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