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Ik Zie Jou - I See You

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**Ik zie jou - I see you**
In stille uren voor de nacht in grote lijnen plaats maakt voor de dag, Zie ik jou. In sepia tinten vale ruiten als spoorlijnen vervaagd zonder spoorbomen zonder treinen Zie ik jou. Iemand die ik nooit had maar altijd heb Terwijl de zon haar vleugels spreidt en droogt na een vochtige nacht Zie ik jou binnen in mij zonder gezicht, maar altijd een gevoel Zie ik jou	The silent hours before night make place for the day in a way I see you. In sepia colours vague railroads without barriers without trains I see you. Someone I never had, but always have While the sun spreads her wings and dries them after a moist night I see you within me faceless but always felt I see you

I am not going to send this in for a contest, but I still wanted to post this. It's a poem I wrote in Dutch a few years ago. I lost most of my poetry in Dutch, only a few remain. The fun is that the notes here are in the Poetry window, the poem itself is in the notes window. That's because you can use tables there, and not here :)

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Anne-Marie Coreggia

Date: 5/17/2017 9:55:00 AM

It is great to have this endearing poem in both languages. I might be wrong Darren but it seems Dutch is leaning more towards German than English. Amitiés

Darren White
Date: 5/17/2017 10:05:00 AM

You are right, Anne-Marie, Dutch and German are very closely related, yet completely different (Germanic languages), very unline English, although that evolved from West Germanic languages too, and from more..... But yeah German is closer to Dutch than English is :)

Sara Ella

Date: 5/16/2017 7:13:00 PM

I love seeing in both languages. I see one word that is the same for both!! This is a beautiful poem <3

Darren White
Date: 5/17/2017 2:56:00 AM

"Had", yes, it has exactly the same meaning :) <3

Emile Pinet

Date: 5/16/2017 12:43:00 PM

Your feelings come through strong, and straight from the heart, where most good poetry is born. It paints a picture with words that make you feel them...this is hard to accomplish and you done it well, in two Languages none the less. Emile. #7

Darren White
Date: 5/16/2017 12:49:00 PM

Thank you Emile, that is a wonderful compliment :)

Maureen McGreavy The Insolent Rib

Date: 5/16/2017 12:18:00 PM

Beautiful Darren xomo!

Darren White
Date: 5/16/2017 12:19:00 PM

Happy you like it. Ton Piroet :)

Jan Allison

Date: 5/16/2017 11:53:00 AM

It is fabulous to see the poems side by side. Darren you have solved the answer of the issue of finding poems not written in English - wish this could be rolled out by soup for other people to use!:-) hugs Jan xx

Darren White
Date: 5/16/2017 11:56:00 AM

It's fun, isn't it? It was easiest to do with a poem that has short sentences, so you can see the differences and similarities :)

Tim Smith

Date: 5/16/2017 10:56:00 AM

It is great Darren. Languages aren't that different.

Darren White
Date: 5/16/2017 11:03:00 AM

Thanks Tim :) I did for once my best to translate almost one on one, although our languages normally uses a different layout of sentences. Glad you like it.

Chris Green

Date: 5/16/2017 10:13:00 AM

This is so cool Darren. I like seeing the two side by side like that and what a sneaky way to do it. :) The poem is very deep and I can feel the longing in your words.

Darren White
Date: 5/16/2017 10:27:00 AM

Sneaky, eh :D I found that out a while ago, forgot when, but remembered because I wanted to do that once with one of my own poems. Glad you like it, and yes, a whole world of longing in there.