Denise Levertov. Vertaling in Afrikaans
Friday, November 20th, 2020
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Denise Levertov. Vertaling van Engels in Afrikaans. Vert. deur Waldemar Gouws.
Lied vir Isjtar
Die maan is ‘n sog
en snork in my keel
Haar grootse glans skyn deur my
dat die modder van my laagte glim
en in silwer borrels uitbreek
Sy is ‘n sog
en ek ‘n vark en ‘n digter
Wanneer sy haar wit lippe oopmaak
om my te verslind hap ek terug
en ‘n lagbui skud die maan
In die git van begeerte
skud ons en snork, snork en
skyn
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Song for Ishtar
Denise Levertov
The moon is a sow
and grunts in my throat
Her great shining shines through me
so the mud of my hollow gleams
and breaks in silver bubbles
She is a sow
and I a pig and a poet
When she opens her white
lips to devour me I bite back
and laughter rocks the moon
In the black of desire
we rock and grunt, grunt and
shine
Bronverwysing:
Levertov, Denise, Rexroth, Kenneth and Williams, William Carlos. 1967. Penguin Modern Poets 9: Denise Levertov, Kenneth Rexroth, William Carlos Williams. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books (p.34).
