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Hans Faverey

This slope it fled along

This slope it fled along
scarcely marks the place

to which I was summoned.

Out of the rock comes water,
and the wheel, chastised with whips,
also acts as a whip,
just as the car leaves
the first bend, and rain mercilessly
lashes the lilies of the field.

Deze helling waarlangs het vlood

Deze helling waarlangs het vlood
markeert nauwelijks de plaats

waartoe  ik werd ontboden.

Uit de rots komt water,
en het wiel, getuchtigd door zwepen,
gedraagt zich ook als een zweep,
net als de wagen de eerste bocht
uitkomt, en regen meedogenloos
striemt de leliën des velds.
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This slope it fled along

This slope it fled along
scarcely marks the place

to which I was summoned.

Out of the rock comes water,
and the wheel, chastised with whips,
also acts as a whip,
just as the car leaves
the first bend, and rain mercilessly
lashes the lilies of the field.

This slope it fled along

This slope it fled along
scarcely marks the place

to which I was summoned.

Out of the rock comes water,
and the wheel, chastised with whips,
also acts as a whip,
just as the car leaves
the first bend, and rain mercilessly
lashes the lilies of the field.
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