Ik rekkenje - As Ik al tel -
Earst - Dichters - Sinne twad -
De Simmer tred - Gods Himel fjird -
Mear net - myn List is koart -
Sjoch ’k nochris - dan falt it Totaal
Mei ’t Earste gear - sa’t skynt -
Wat oerbliuwt - in ûnnut Tafriel -
Dus skriuw Ik - Dichters - Punt -
In Fol Jier - hâldt Har Simmer oan -
Sy bringe in Sinne mei
Dy’t sels it East - oerdiedich fynt -
En is it Paradys sa Fraai
As dat Sy tariede foar Wa’t
De Dichters godlik neamt -
Te dreech dan de Genede en
Rjochtfeardigje de Dream -
I reckon - When I count at all -
First - Poets - Then the Sun -
Then Summer - Then the Heaven of God -
And then - the List is done -
But, looking back - the First so seems
To Comprehend the Whole -
The Others look a needless Show -
So I write - Poets - All -
Their Summer - lasts a Solid Year -
They can afford a Sun
The East - would deem extravagant -
And if the Further Heaven -
Be Beautiful as they prepare
For Those who worship Them -
It is too difficult a Grace -
To justify the Dream -
F533 (J569)