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Percy Bysshe Shelley: Good-night in een nieuwe vertaling van Cornelis W. Schoneveld

Percy Bysshe Shelley

(1792-1822)

 

Good-night

Good-night? ah! no; the hour is ill

Which severs those it should unite;

Let us remain together still,

Then it will be good night.

 

How can I call the lone night good,

Though thy sweet wishes wing its flight?

Be it not said, thought, understood –

Then it will be — good night.

 

To hearts which near each other move

From evening close to morning light

The night is good, because, my love,

They never say good-night.

 

Slaap zacht

Slaap zacht? o nee, het uur valt zwaar

Dat binden moest wie scheiden wacht;

Verblijven wij steeds bij elkaar,

Dan wordt het pas: slaap zacht.

 

Hoe noem ik slapen  “zacht”, alleen,

Al steunt ’t zijn vlucht als jij ’t lief zegt?

Maar komt voor ’t zeggen, ’t wensen, geen

Moment, volgt slaap zacht echt.

 

Voor harten altijd dicht tesaam,

Van ’s avonds laat tot ’s morgens vroeg,

Is nachttijd, liefste, aangenaam

En slaap al zacht genoeg.

 

Vertaling Cornelis W. Schoneveld 2012

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