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Ut stiltme en stoarm

Chapter 35: XXVIII.
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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.

XXVIII.

Ho ha de wize dichters ’t goed forstien!
De minsk’ne ljeafde, in bern fen stjerlike ierde,
Riist nei Godsels omheech; hjar dreamen liede
De himel yn, hjar is gjin seine ûntgien.

De sill’ge fjilden biidzje en leanje eltsien
Dy’t ljeafde for syn âlden siert; hja biede
Him swietste frede en rêst, hjar wjittrings skiede
De soarch fier fen syn paed, fen glâns oergien.

Hwaens each syn frjeonen ljeafde biedt, hwaens boarst
Hjar skûl is tsjin de stoarm dy’t elts oerkomt,
Scil ’t werwoun Paradys hjirnei oanskôgje—

Mar hwa’t himsels alhiel syn breid jaen doarst,
Him draecht de ljeafde oer fierste wrâld’ne romt
Nei hwer’t Gods egen timpel-skoarren bôgje.