No wie ’t myn Tiid - en yt -
’k Rûn triljend nei de Tafel ta -
Naam Wyn op - fol Unthyt -
Soksoarte Dissen hie Ik sjoen -
As Ik, op Hûs oan geand,
Troch Finsters roppich kuere hie
Nei Wielde - My net bean -
Ik koe it net - dat rije Brea -
Sa hiel oars as de Krom
Dy ’k faak mei Fûgels dield hie yn
Natuer har - Ytsalon -
Siik fielde Ik my - en bryk -
As fan in Berchlânstrúk - de Bei -
Ferplante - nei de Dyk -
En ’k hie gjin Honger - learde sa
Dat Honger - modus wie
Fan minsken Bûten Finsters -
It yngean - nimt it wei -
My Noon had Come - to dine -
I trembling drew the Table near -
And touched the Curious Wine -
’Twas this on Tables I had seen -
When turning, hungry, Home
I looked in Windows, for the Wealth
I could not hope - for Mine -
I did not know the ample Bread -
’Twas so unlike the Crumb
The Birds and I, had often shared
In Nature’s - Dining Room -
The Plenty hurt me - ’twas so new -
Myself felt ill - and odd -
As Berry - of a Mountain Bush -
Transplanted - to the Road -
Nor was I hungry - so I found
That Hunger - was a way
Of persons Outside Windows -
The entering - takes away -
F439 (J579). Ofbyldings: Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
