Ut stiltme en stoarm

Chapter 46: XXXIX.

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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.

XXXIX.

Nou lit ús sile oer Fryslân’s marr’ne wiid
En lit it boat troch brûs en weagen sjitte,
En lit de sinne ús lokk’ge holle oersnjitte
Mei glinsters, ljocht as simmer’s blanke tiid;

Nou lit de wyn sêft rounje it seil, en litte
God’s sigens ús omstreakje, en roken swiid
Fen himelblomt ús meifiere yn hjar bliid
En loftich gean, det wy ús Sneinsbern witte!

Ho blau de loft yn libb’ne spegels sjoen!
Ho blank it wolken-flues! En reid-omrânne
Leit, bûnt fen blomte, in pôlle yn simmer-tsjoen—

Nou lit ús sile, ien mei de gloed, dy’t lannen
En mar oerwiuwt, ús dy’t de simmer woen’
Al leit hiel d’ierde yn Deâ syn rust’ge bannen.