Dat as de See sa Breed
Oerweldich - ûnophâldlik rûst
Yn Blauwe ientoanichheid
Oant in Orkaan it splyt
En as it sels ûntdekt
Hoe ûntarikkend syn Gebiet
Dan leart it stûpjend Hert
Dat Blakte mar Lewant is
Fan net probearre Gaas -
In rimpen Haal en ’t is kapot
By Tantsjen - lit it los.
The Heart has narrow Banks
It measures like the Sea
In mighty - unremitting Bass
And Blue monotony
Till Hurricane bisect
And as itself discerns
It’s insufficient Area
The Heart convulsive learns
That Calm is but a Wall
Of Unattempted Gauze
An instant’s Push demolishes
A Questioning - dissolves.
F960 (J928). Ofbylding: Amherst College Library, Emily Dickinson Collection, 86.