Decisão por encantamento
Foi um momento
em que ouvi
que escutei:
usei
encantei...
É fato:
Tudo isto é nada,
Mas numa estrada
Como é a vida
Há muita coisa
Incompreendida...
Foi assim,
É assim;
Num movimento
Mais de cansaço
Que pensamento,
A mão nos diz
AH:
Uma imprecisa
Coisa infeliz.
Dit was 'n oomblik
Ek het gehoor
Ek hoor:
gebruik
betower ...
Dit is 'n feit:
Dit alles is niks,
Maar 'n pad
Hoe is die lewe
Daar is 'n baie
Misverstaan ...
so,
so,
'n beweging
Meer moeg
Dat denke,
Hand vertel ons
AH: 'n onakkurate ongelukkige ding.
As I ambled down the snow-white
pathway,
I noticed the bitter winter on that
cold-riddled day.
I saw buildings enclosed by snow,
that partly shielded me from the
sky's dull glow.
I feIt numbness on my fingers
arising,
while marching through the violent
winds without compromising.
I smelt the sweet scent of coffee
brewing,
oh, how enticed my nostrils were
that morning!
I heard the sound of trees whistling,
and the haste of feet staggering.
As snow piled on the sidewalks like
heavenly glitter,
this reassured the presence of
winter.
They watch me as I spend my time
As if they know the score
Sometimes they laugh
Oft times they cry
Out there in nevermore
And as I use their ways of life
In daily situations
They play what if in shadowed halls
Or minor conflagrations
It’s harder now to make a friend
Than e’er it was before
So many sudden partings end
The close felt feelings more
And all those generations strove
To spend their ways in pleasure
How many counted all their days
As simply buried treasure
What was it for that all before
Was there a hidden meaning
The chorus from the ghosts of friends
Is pulsing me to leaning
Into steady winds of time
To tack and come about
And shout
Come taste in haste the waste
Enough of all your keening
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