Poem
Remco Campert
FADED DAYS
It was late in the eveningrain caught in lamplight
beat down on the cobbles
of the Old Mechlin Road
you were wearing an off-white dress
I’d have guessed you were fifteen
you were walking down the street
as I was crossing
cars passed by
braked rode on
you asked me the way to the Muse Café
the bar where that singer was on
singer you said of your song
voice that had found you
you were on your way there
“Just follow the tramlines”
I let you go
Antwerp girl
you’re still on my mind
what have I done
with my life
© Translation: 2007, Donald Gardner
From: I Dreamed in the Cities at Night
Publisher: Arc Publications, Todmorden, 2007
From: I Dreamed in the Cities at Night
Publisher: Arc Publications, Todmorden, 2007
VERGANE DAGEN
VERGANE DAGEN
Het was laat in de avondregen in lamplicht gevangen
sloeg neer op de kasseien
van de Mechelse Steenweg
je had een offwhite jurkje aan
ik schatte je op vijftien
je liep langs de straat
waar ook ik over ging
auto’s passeerden remden af
reden weer verder
je vroeg de weg naar De Muze
het café waar Ferre optrad
Grignard de zanger van jou lied
stem die je gevonden had
waarheen je nu op weg was
“Volg de tramrails maar”
en ik liet je gaan
Antwerps meisje
dat ik in mijn hart draag
wat heb ik toch gedaan
met mijn leven
© 2007, Remco Campert
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FADED DAYS
It was late in the eveningrain caught in lamplight
beat down on the cobbles
of the Old Mechlin Road
you were wearing an off-white dress
I’d have guessed you were fifteen
you were walking down the street
as I was crossing
cars passed by
braked rode on
you asked me the way to the Muse Café
the bar where that singer was on
singer you said of your song
voice that had found you
you were on your way there
“Just follow the tramlines”
I let you go
Antwerp girl
you’re still on my mind
what have I done
with my life
© 2007, Donald Gardner
From: I Dreamed in the Cities at Night
Publisher: 2007, Arc Publications, Todmorden
From: I Dreamed in the Cities at Night
Publisher: 2007, Arc Publications, Todmorden
FADED DAYS
It was late in the eveningrain caught in lamplight
beat down on the cobbles
of the Old Mechlin Road
you were wearing an off-white dress
I’d have guessed you were fifteen
you were walking down the street
as I was crossing
cars passed by
braked rode on
you asked me the way to the Muse Café
the bar where that singer was on
singer you said of your song
voice that had found you
you were on your way there
“Just follow the tramlines”
I let you go
Antwerp girl
you’re still on my mind
what have I done
with my life
© 2007, Donald Gardner
From: I Dreamed in the Cities at Night
Publisher: 2007, Arc Publications, Todmorden
From: I Dreamed in the Cities at Night
Publisher: 2007, Arc Publications, Todmorden
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