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Ut stiltme en stoarm

Chapter 12: V.
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The collection gathers short lyric poems that move between contemplative calm and turbulent passion, using concise, musical lines and recurring images of sea, wind, seasons, and evening light. Many pieces voice longing, solitude, and consolation, often addressing a beloved or a singing presence while alternating hope and resignation. Natural phenomena—waves, storms, dawn, and autumn decay—serve as metaphors for inner states. Occasional sonnets and mythic or spiritual invocations broaden the formal range. Overall the poems emphasize sensory detail and melodic rhythm to explore memory, desire, and the search for solace amid change.

V.

’t Liet wier myn maet de dûnkre rûz’ge jounen
Do’t Winter flokkend bounze op iizren doar;
De heard ljochte op yn giel en read; in gloar
Skeat oer de flier, dêr’t stille skaden rounen.

Nachts bûgden Dreamen oer myn bêd, en wounen
My núndrjend griene krânsen yn it hier;
Den wier ’t my goed ef ’t al wer Maitiid wier,
En ’k dreamde fen ús giene ljeafde-jounen.

Mar och, de dagen, wirch, lang, feal en skier!
Hjar ûren klibben oan myn klean, hja woene
Net wei fen my, hja krieten drôf en swier;

En dû wierst my ûntdreaun; myn tinzen koene
Dyn fiere dreamen net forstean; it wier
Eft ek dyn eagen ’t ljocht forlieze scoene.