Ut stiltme en stoarm

Chapter 61: XIII.

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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.

XIII.

As ’k dea bin, wis, den sjongst in hearlik liet,
Det hiel de wrâld forstive stiet fen smert,
En wer ûntweitsjend, lústrjend seit: dêr let
In klok aloan fen in to frjemd fortriet.

Den bringt men dy oliif en drúf; ien biedt
Dy, earme sjonger, ’t bloed oan fen syn hert’,
’t Lûd fen syn siele in oar; en elts bidjert
Dy sêft mei jeften om dyn yndrôf liet.

Mar dou nimst neat mear nei dy: dou bist bliid
As ’t bloed dy fen dyn soallen rint, as ’t each
Dy diiznich wirdt: sa komt dyn lêste tiid...

Myn holle omspint de Dea mei rust-brún reach,
Yn griis klaed sit ik stil by ’t Deade-wiid,
Det blyn slacht hwa’t syn weagen skûmjen seach.