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Oscar Wilde: Impression Du Matin, vertaling Cornelis W. Schoneveld

Oscar Wilde

(1854-1900)

Impression Du Matin

 

The Thames nocturne of blue and gold

Changed to a Harmony in grey:

A barge with ochre-coloured hay

Dropt from the wharf: and chill and cold

 

The yellow fog came creeping down

The bridges, till the houses’ walls

Seemed changed to shadows, and S. Paul’s

Loomed like a bubble o’er the town.

 

Then suddenly arose the clang

Of waking life; the streets were stirred

With country waggons: and a bird

Flew to the glistening roofs and sang.

 

But one pale woman all alone,

The daylight kissing her wan hair,

Loitered beneath the gas lamps’ flare,

With lips of flame and heart of stone.

 

 

Oscar Wilde

Indruk van de ochtend

 

De Theems nocturne in blauw en goud

Werd tot een harmonie in grijs;

Een hooibark stak van wal op reis,

Oker van kleur: en kil en koud

 

Zocht van de bruggen af zijn pad

De gele mist, tot overal

Steen slechts een schim leek, en als ‘n bal

St. Paul’s hoog oprees uit de stad.

 

Wat dan ineens veel drukte bood

Was ‘t opstaan; ‘n koetsenrij bewoog

Zich voort door elke straat; er vloog

Een vogel ‘t glansdak op en floot.

 

Maar ‘n bleke vrouw geheel alleen,

Een dagglimp op haar vaal gezicht,

Liep talmend voort bij ‘t gaslamplicht,

De lip in vlam en ‘t hart van steen.

 

 

Vertaling Cornelis W. Schoneveld

Oscar Wilde: Impression Du Matin

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