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LIGHT

While the light attempts to
uncoil, the city is rebellious,
the terror has outlived itself,
the end nears those subjugated,
nears the inevitable.

The fitful light wants to possess,
wants to pretend,
but the light is powerless,
the light is undone.

© Translation: 2011, Susan Massotty
Publisher: First published on PIW, , 2011

LICHT

LICHT

Terwijl het licht zich probeert te
ontvouwen, is de stad opstandig,
de verschrikking heeft zichzelf overleefd, 
het einde nadert de onderdanen, 
nadert de onontkoombaarheid.

Het grillige licht wil bezitten, 
wil veinzen, 
maar het licht is machteloos,
het licht is ontmanteld.

© 2009, Armando
From: Gedichten 2009
Publisher: Uitgeverij Augustus, Amsterdam-Antwerpen

Armando

Armando

(The Netherlands, 1929 - 2018)

Armando has been publishing poetry since 1954. His Collected Poems were published in a considerable volume in 1999 and one might have thought that this part of his varied and versatile oeuvre was complete. After ten years of poetic silence, however, he has published a new collection, Gedichten 2009 (Poems 2009). Although he has received many honours and awards as an artist, including royal dist...

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LIGHT

While the light attempts to
uncoil, the city is rebellious,
the terror has outlived itself,
the end nears those subjugated,
nears the inevitable.

The fitful light wants to possess,
wants to pretend,
but the light is powerless,
the light is undone.

© 2011, Susan Massotty
From: Gedichten 2009
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW, Amsterdam-Antwerpen

LIGHT

While the light attempts to
uncoil, the city is rebellious,
the terror has outlived itself,
the end nears those subjugated,
nears the inevitable.

The fitful light wants to possess,
wants to pretend,
but the light is powerless,
the light is undone.

© 2011, Susan Massotty
Publisher: 2011, First published on PIW,

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