{"id":17953,"date":"2024-02-04T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-04T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/?p=17953"},"modified":"2024-02-08T02:05:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T01:05:21","slug":"elizabeth-bishop-de-imazjinere-iisberch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.konsenylje.nl\/?p=17953","title":{"rendered":"Elizabeth Bishop, De imazjin\u00eare iisberch<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

 
\nDe imazjin\u00eare iisberch<\/em><\/big><\/p>\n

De iisberch wie \u00fas leaver as it skip,
\nal hold er ek de ein yn fan de reis.
\nAl stie er ek stokstiif as wolkich stien
\nen wie de hiele see bewegend moarmer.
\nDe iisberch wie \u00fas leaver as it skip;
\ndit amjend snieflak wie \u00fas wol sa leaf,
\nal leinen ek de seilen fan it skip op see
\nlykas de snie \u00fbnoplost op it wetter leit.
\nBesefsto, plechtich, driuwend fjild,
\ndat der in iisberch by dy r\u00east dy\u2019t as er wekker is
\nfaaks weitsje sil op dyn besnijde wyldernis?<\/p>\n

Dy s\u00eane \u2013 in matroas soe der syn sicht foar jaan.
\nGjinien hat each foar \u2019t skip. De iisberch stiicht
\nen sinkt dan wer; syn siertuorkes fan gl\u00eas
\nferbetterje wat yn de loft \u00fbntbrekt.
\nDy s\u00eane \u2013 wa\u2019t hjir op \u2019e planken komt,
\nis \u00fbnkeunstsinnich redenryk. It doek
\nis licht gen\u00f4ch en gean omheech oan koarden
\nsa fyn as ile twirren snie mar meitsje.
\nDe brille fan dy spitsen, wyt,
\ndaget de sinne \u00fat. De iisberch, withoeswier,
\ndoart op in wif toaniel te stean en digert fier.<\/p>\n

Fan binnen\u00fat slipet de iisberch syn fasetten.
\nAs edelstiente \u00fat in gr\u00eaf
\nbeh\u00e2ldt er foar altyd himsels en toait
\ninkeld himsels, faaks ek de fjilden snie
\ndy\u2019t lizzend op de see \u00fas sa ferrasse.
\nFarwol, sizze wy, farwol, it skip rekket \u00fat koers
\nd\u00ear\u2019t weagen oergean yn inoarrens weagen
\nen wolken \u00fatrinne yn waarmer loft.
\nIisbergen strike mei de siel
\n(selsmakke, beide, b\u00fbten waarnimming foltein)
\nen sjoch se sa: spierd, kein, \u00fbndielber rjocht oerein.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Imaginary Iceberg<\/em><\/big><\/p>\n

We\u2019d rather have the iceberg than the ship,
\nalthough it meant the end of travel.
\nAlthough it stood stock-still like cloudy rock
\nand all the sea were moving marble.
\nWe\u2019d rather have the iceberg than the ship;
\nwe\u2019d rather own this breathing plain of snow
\nthough the ship\u2019s sails were laid upon the sea
\nas the snow lies undissolved upon the water.
\nO solemn, floating field,
\nare you aware an iceberg takes repose
\nwith you, and when it wakes may pasture on your snows?<\/p>\n

This is a scene a sailor\u2019d give his eyes for.
\nThe ship\u2019s ignored. The iceberg rises
\nand sinks again; its glassy pinnacles
\ncorrect elliptics in the sky.
\nThis is a scene where he who treads the boards
\nis artlessly rhetorical. The curtain
\nis light enough to rise on finest ropes
\nthat airy twists of snow provide.
\nThe wits of these white peaks
\nspar with the sun. Its weight the iceberg dares
\nupon a shifting stage and stands and stares.<\/p>\n

The iceberg cuts its facets from within.
\nLike jewelry from a grave
\nit saves itself perpetually and adorns
\nonly itself, perhaps the snows
\nwhich so surprise us lying on the sea.
\nGood-bye, we say, good-bye, the ship steers off
\nwhere waves give in to one another\u2019s waves
\nand clouds run in a warmer sky.
\nIcebergs behoove the soul
\n(both being self-made from elements least visible)
\nto see them so: fleshed, fair, erected indivisible.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Ut North & South<\/em>, 1946<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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