hoeveel weke nou in die stad
en my oë soek elke greintjie van klip
en onbewoonde klip-koppie uit
daar is so 'n sterk hunkering na
'n diepe indompeling in
die klip-natuur
dit is 'n skaarse ding hier
want sement en staal floreer
en tentakel onderhands
elke klip-porie
as daar so iets bestaan soos heimwee
dan moet daar seker ook klipwee wees -
'n wilde waansin om in aanraking te kom
met suiwer onopgesmukte klip
daai onstuitbare honger na
die
genadelose
opregtheid
van
klip
stone-sickness
meanings that will not part from the rock - Ted Hughes
and my eyes are searching for every grain of stone
and uninhabited rocky hillock
there is such a strong yearning for
a deep immersion into
stone-nature
it is a scarce thing here
for cement and steel flourish
and tentacle insidiously
every pore of stone
if there exists something like homesickness
then there must surely be stone-sickness -
a wild madness to come in touch with
pure unadulterated stone
that irrepressible hunger for
the
merciless
genuineness
of
stone
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