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Poem

Jon Fosse

ONLY KNOW

the song, the song of the sea
slides down the steep mountains
and across sky

in blue flight, like a shimmering
in towards where we are together
and where we never say anything

and only know

GEWOON WETEN

de zang, de zang van de zee
glijdt neer langs de steile rotsen
en verder langs hemel
 
in blauwe zweefvlucht, als een schemeren
naar waar wij samenzijn
en waar wij nooit iets zeggen
 
en gewoon weten

BERRE VEIT

songen, sjøens song
glid nedover dei bratte fjella
og utover himmel

i blått svev, som ei skimring
innover mot der vi er saman
og der vi aldri seier noko

og berre veit
Close

ONLY KNOW

the song, the song of the sea
slides down the steep mountains
and across sky

in blue flight, like a shimmering
in towards where we are together
and where we never say anything

and only know

ONLY KNOW

the song, the song of the sea
slides down the steep mountains
and across sky

in blue flight, like a shimmering
in towards where we are together
and where we never say anything

and only know
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