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Poem

Rutger Kopland

SELF-PORTRAIT AS A HORSE

When I was still a horse in a meadow

I must have lived in his body
have seen in his eyes what he saw

that life would never begin nor
would ever end, nor be repeated

I must have left his body and my memories
must have remained behind in him

you are standing by the fence round a meadow
on the other side a horse is standing

look it in the eyes – it will look in yours

ZELFPORTRET ALS PAARD

ZELFPORTRET ALS PAARD

Toen ik nog een paard was in een weiland

ik moet hebben gewoond in zijn lichaam
in zijn ogen hebben gezien wat hij zag

dat het leven nooit zou beginnen noch
ooit zou ophouden noch zich herhalen

ik moet zijn lichaam hebben verlaten en
mijn herinneringen moeten zijn achtergebleven

U staat bij het hek van een weiland
aan de andere kant staat een paard

kijk het aan – het zal U aankijken
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SELF-PORTRAIT AS A HORSE

When I was still a horse in a meadow

I must have lived in his body
have seen in his eyes what he saw

that life would never begin nor
would ever end, nor be repeated

I must have left his body and my memories
must have remained behind in him

you are standing by the fence round a meadow
on the other side a horse is standing

look it in the eyes – it will look in yours

SELF-PORTRAIT AS A HORSE

When I was still a horse in a meadow

I must have lived in his body
have seen in his eyes what he saw

that life would never begin nor
would ever end, nor be repeated

I must have left his body and my memories
must have remained behind in him

you are standing by the fence round a meadow
on the other side a horse is standing

look it in the eyes – it will look in yours
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