zaterdag 29 juni 2013

Youp van 't Hek - snol / grof gedicht





Vuile vieze teringhoer
Gore kankerslet
Smakeloze lichtekooi
Krijg in je liezen smet

Dikke loopse takkenteef
Afgebefte del
Gratenkut met weerhaken
Ik gun je een gezwel

Zuig-zeug
Vuile slettebak
Met je tieten van een mug
Gore sloerie, vieze snol
Kom toch bij me terug!!!!!




Simon Vinkenoog - Het gedicht





Het gedicht schrijft zichzelf:
het wiekt zich een recordvlucht door de tijd
het baant zich wrikkend een weg door tegemoetkomend verkeer
het zucht hardop, het gilt, huilt en fluistert-

het spreekt hardop,
het luistert en het doet soms alsof
alles kapot is
alles stuk slaat
alles verkeerd is
alles mis...

Het gedicht herneemt de ademhaling,
stuwt de bloedsomloop,
doet het hart slaan-
brengt geest en lichaam in beweging, leeft mee en leeft voort,
het slaat gaten in de herinnering
wiekt op
her stelt
slaat in
stemt toe
en in:
het gedicht.
Het gedicht is een wasdag, een afscheid,
een overstroming, een oponthoud, een deur dicht
die open waait, een zuiver weten dat
zonder het gedicht het leven niet is.

Zonder klanken op maat
gerangschikt in ritme of rijm
geen reden voor de pijn
geen echo aan het woord
geen zegen op het leven
geen ingang tot werkelijkheid.

Geen schilderkunst, geen voor-of nadenken,
geen verwondering, humor, gulle lach,
geboorteslag, stervensdag- zonder het gedicht.

Het broze, onaantastbare, beeldhouwwoordbericht,
bizonder gemengd nieuws, supervoorpaginaverhaal-
gekruid de dag, gepeperd de lessen, ontroerend de stem:

het gedicht: jij bent het
.




Leonard Cohen - Waiting for Marianne





I have lost a telephone
with your smell in it

I am living beside the radio
all the stations at once
but I pick out a Polish lullaby
I pick it out of the static
it fades I wait I keep the beat
it comes back almost asleep

Did you take the telephone
knowing I'd sniff it immoderately
maybe heat up the plastic
to get all the crumbs of your breath

and if you won't come back
how will you phone to say
you won't come back
so that I could at least argue.




Gerard Reve - De Avonden




"Het was nog donker, toen in de vroege morgen van de tweentwintigste december 1946 in onze stad, op de eerste verdieping van het huis Schilderskade 66, de held van deze geschiedenis, Frits van Egters, ontwaakte. Hij keek op zijn lichtgevend horloge, dat aan een spijker hing. Kwart voor zes, mompelde hij, het is nog nacht. Hij wreef zich in het gezicht. Wat een ellendige droom, dacht hij. Waar ging het over? Langzaam kon hij zich de inhoud te binnen brengen. Hij had gedroomd, dat de huiskamer vol bezoek was. Het wordt dit weekeind goed weer, zei iemand. Op hetzelfde ogenblik kwam een man met een bolhoed binnen  .... "


woensdag 26 juni 2013

Jean de LA FONTAINE (1621-1695) - Le Corbeau et le Renard





Maître Corbeau, sur un arbre perché,
Tenait en son bec un fromage.
Maître Renard, par l'odeur alléché,
Lui tint à peu près ce langage :
"Hé ! bonjour, Monsieur du Corbeau.
Que vous êtes joli ! que vous me semblez beau !
Sans mentir, si votre ramage
Se rapporte à votre plumage,
Vous êtes le Phénix des hôtes de ces bois. "
A ces mots le Corbeau ne se sent pas de joie ;
Et pour montrer sa belle voix,
Il ouvre un large bec, laisse tomber sa proie.
Le Renard s'en saisit, et dit : "Mon bon Monsieur,
Apprenez que tout flatteur
Vit aux dépens de celui qui l'écoute :
Cette leçon vaut bien un fromage, sans doute. "
Le Corbeau, honteux et confus,
Jura, mais un peu tard, qu'on ne l'y prendrait plus
.





maandag 24 juni 2013

Paul Verlaine : "Mon rêve familier"





Je fais souvent ce rêve étrange et pénétrant
D’une femme inconnue, et que j’aime, et qui m’aime,
Et qui n’est, chaque fois, ni tout à fait la même
Ni tout à fait une autre, et m’aime et me comprend.

Car elle me comprend, et mon coeur transparent
Pour elle seule, hélas! cesse d’être un problème
Pour elle seule, et les moiteurs de mon front blême,
Elle seule les sait rafraîchir, en pleurant.

Est-elle brune, blonde ou rousse? Je l’ignore.
Son nom? Je me souviens qu’il est doux et sonore,
Comme ceux des aimés que la vie exila.

Son regard est pareil au regard des statues,
Et, pour sa voix, lointaine, et calme, et grave, elle a
L’inflexion des voix chères qui se sont tues.





Arthur Rimbaud : "Sensation"




Par les soirs bleus d’été, j’irai dans les sentiers,
Picoté par les blés, fouler l’herbe menue :
Rêveur, j’en sentirai la fraîcheur à mes pieds.
Je laisserai le vent baigner ma tête nue.

Je ne parlerai pas, je ne penserai rien :
Mais l’amour infini me montera dans l’âme,
Et j’irai loin, bien loin, comme un bohémien,
Par la Nature, - heureux comme avec une femme.





Jean de la Fontaine : Le Renard et la Cigogne





Compère le Renard se mit un jour en frais,
et retint à dîner commère la Cigogne.
Le régal fût petit et sans beaucoup d'apprêts :
Le galant pour toute besogne,
Avait un brouet clair ; il vivait chichement.
Ce brouet fut par lui servi sur une assiette :
La Cigogne au long bec n'en put attraper miette ;
Et le drôle eut lapé le tout en un moment.
Pour se venger de cette tromperie,
A quelque temps de là, la Cigogne le prie.
"Volontiers, lui dit-il ; car avec mes amis
Je ne fais point cérémonie. "
A l'heure dite, il courut au logis
De la Cigogne son hôtesse ;
Loua très fort la politesse ;
Trouva le dîner cuit à point :
Bon appétit surtout ; Renards n'en manquent point.
Il se réjouissait à l'odeur de la viande
Mise en menus morceaux, et qu'il croyait friande.
On servit, pour l'embarrasser,
En un vase à long col et d'étroite embouchure.
Le bec de la Cigogne y pouvait bien passer ;
Mais le museau du sire était d'autre mesure.
Il lui fallut à jeun retourner au logis,
Honteux comme un Renard qu'une Poule aurait pris,
Serrant la queue, et portant bas l'oreille.
Trompeurs, c'est pour vous que j'écris :
Attendez-vous à la pareille.




dinsdag 18 juni 2013

Bob Dylan - Last thoughts on Woody Guthrie




When yer head gets twisted and yer mind grows numb
When you think you're too old, too young, too smart or too dumb
When yer laggin' behind an' losin' yer pace
In a slow-motion crawl of life's busy race
No matter what yer doing if you start givin' up
If the wine don't come to the top of yer cup
If the wind's got you sideways with with one hand holdin' on
And the other starts slipping and the feeling is gone
And yer train engine fire needs a new spark to catch it
And the wood's easy findin' but yer lazy to fetch it
And yer sidewalk starts curlin' and the street gets too long
And you start walkin' backwards though you know its wrong
And lonesome comes up as down goes the day
And tomorrow's mornin' seems so far away
And you feel the reins from yer pony are slippin'
And yer rope is a-slidin' 'cause yer hands are a-drippin'
And yer sun-decked desert and evergreen valleys
Turn to broken down slums and trash-can alleys
And yer sky cries water and yer drain pipe's a-pourin'
And the lightnin's a-flashing and the thunder's a-crashin'
And the windows are rattlin' and breakin' and the roof tops a-shakin'
And yer whole world's a-slammin' and bangin'
And yer minutes of sun turn to hours of storm
And to yourself you sometimes say
"I never knew it was gonna be this way
Why didn't they tell me the day I was born"
And you start gettin' chills and yer jumping from sweat
And you're lookin' for somethin' you ain't quite found yet
And yer knee-deep in the dark water with yer hands in the air
And the whole world's a-watchin' with a window peek stare
And yer good gal leaves and she's long gone a-flying
And yer heart feels sick like fish when they're fryin'
And yer jackhammer falls from yer hand to yer feet
And you need it badly but it lays on the street
And yer bell's bangin' loudly but you can't hear its beat
And you think yer ears might a been hurt
Or yer eyes've turned filthy from the sight-blindin' dirt
And you figured you failed in yesterdays rush
When you were faked out an' fooled white facing a four flush
And all the time you were holdin' three queens
And it's makin you mad, it's makin' you mean
Like in the middle of Life magazine
Bouncin' around a pinball machine
And there's something on yer mind you wanna be saying
That somebody someplace oughta be hearin'
But it's trapped on yer tongue and sealed in yer head
And it bothers you badly when your layin' in bed
And no matter how you try you just can't say it
And yer scared to yer soul you just might forget it
And yer eyes get swimmy from the tears in yer head
And yer pillows of feathers turn to blankets of lead
And the lion's mouth opens and yer staring at his teeth
And his jaws start closin with you underneath
And yer flat on your belly with yer hands tied behind
And you wish you'd never taken that last detour sign
And you say to yourself just what am I doin'
On this road I'm walkin', on this trail I'm turnin'
On this curve I'm hanging
On this pathway I'm strolling, in the space I'm taking
In this air I'm inhaling
Am I mixed up too much, am I mixed up too hard
Why am I walking, where am I running
What am I saying, what am I knowing
On this guitar I'm playing, on this banjo I'm frailin'
On this mandolin I'm strummin', in the song I'm singin'
In the tune I'm hummin', in the words I'm writin'
In the words that I'm thinkin'
In this ocean of hours I'm all the time drinkin'
Who am I helping, what am I breaking
What am I giving, what am I taking
But you try with your whole soul best
Never to think these thoughts and never to let
Them kind of thoughts gain ground
Or make yer heart pound
But then again you know why they're around
Just waiting for a chance to slip and drop down
"Cause sometimes you hear'em when the night times comes creeping
And you fear that they might catch you a-sleeping
And you jump from yer bed, from yer last chapter of dreamin'
And you can't remember for the best of yer thinking
If that was you in the dream that was screaming
And you know that it's something special you're needin'
And you know that there's no drug that'll do for the healin'
And no liquor in the land to stop yer brain from bleeding
And you need something special
Yeah, you need something special all right
You need a fast flyin' train on a tornado track
To shoot you someplace and shoot you back
You need a cyclone wind on a stream engine howler
That's been banging and booming and blowing forever
That knows yer troubles a hundred times over
You need a Greyhound bus that don't bar no race
That won't laugh at yer looks
Your voice or your face
And by any number of bets in the book
Will be rollin' long after the bubblegum craze
You need something to open up a new door
To show you something you seen before
But overlooked a hundred times or more
You need something to open your eyes
You need something to make it known
That it's you and no one else that owns
That spot that yer standing, that space that you're sitting
That the world ain't got you beat
That it ain't got you licked
It can't get you crazy no matter how many
Times you might get kicked
You need something special all right
You need something special to give you hope
But hope's just a word
That maybe you said or maybe you heard
On some windy corner 'round a wide-angled curve

But that's what you need man, and you need it bad
And yer trouble is you know it too good
"Cause you look an' you start getting the chills

"Cause you can't find it on a dollar bill
And it ain't on Macy's window sill
And it ain't on no rich kid's road map
And it ain't in no fat kid's fraternity house
And it ain't made in no Hollywood wheat germ
And it ain't on that dimlit stage
With that half-wit comedian on it
Ranting and raving and taking yer money
And you thinks it's funny
No you can't find it in no night club or no yacht club
And it ain't in the seats of a supper club
And sure as hell you're bound to tell
That no matter how hard you rub
You just ain't a-gonna find it on yer ticket stub
No, and it ain't in the rumors people're tellin' you
And it ain't in the pimple-lotion people are sellin' you
And it ain't in no cardboard-box house
Or down any movie star's blouse
And you can't find it on the golf course
And Uncle Remus can't tell you and neither can Santa Claus
And it ain't in the cream puff hair-do or cotton candy clothes
And it ain't in the dime store dummies or bubblegum goons
And it ain't in the marshmallow noises of the chocolate cake voices
That come knockin' and tappin' in Christmas wrappin'
Sayin' ain't I pretty and ain't I cute and look at my skin
Look at my skin shine, look at my skin glow
Look at my skin laugh, look at my skin cry
When you can't even sense if they got any insides
These people so pretty in their ribbons and bows
No you'll not now or no other day
Find it on the doorsteps made out-a paper mache¥
And inside it the people made of molasses
That every other day buy a new pair of sunglasses
And it ain't in the fifty-star generals and flipped-out phonies
Who'd turn yuh in for a tenth of a penny
Who breathe and burp and bend and crack
And before you can count from one to ten
Do it all over again but this time behind yer back
My friend
The ones that wheel and deal and whirl and twirl
And play games with each other in their sand-box world
And you can't find it either in the no-talent fools
That run around gallant
And make all rules for the ones that got talent
And it ain't in the ones that ain't got any talent but think they do
And think they're foolin' you
The ones who jump on the wagon
Just for a while 'cause they know it's in style
To get their kicks, get out of it quick
And make all kinds of money and chicks
And you yell to yourself and you throw down yer hat
Sayin', "Christ do I gotta be like that
Ain't there no one here that knows where I'm at
Ain't there no one here that knows how I feel
Good God Almighty
THAT STUFF AIN'T REAL"

No but that ain't yer game, it ain't even yer race
You can't hear yer name, you can't see yer face
You gotta look some other place
And where do you look for this hope that yer seekin'
Where do you look for this lamp that's a-burnin'
Where do you look for this oil well gushin'
Where do you look for this candle that's glowin'
Where do you look for this hope that you know is there
And out there somewhere
And your feet can only walk down two kinds of roads
Your eyes can only look through two kinds of windows
Your nose can only smell two kinds of hallways
You can touch and twist
And turn two kinds of doorknobs
You can either go to the church of your choice
Or you can go to Brooklyn State Hospital
You'll find God in the church of your choice
You'll find Woody Guthrie in Brooklyn State Hospital

And though it's only my opinion
I may be right or wrong
You'll find them both
In the Grand Canyon
At sundown




Bob Dylan - The Drifer's Escape




O help me in my weakness,
I heard the drifter say,
as they carried him from the courtroom,
and were taking him away.

I still do not know
what it is that I have done wrong.

The judge he cast his robe aside,
a tear came to his eye.
"You fail to understand" he said,
"Why must you even try."

...Just then a bolt of lightning
struck the courthouse out of shape.
While everybody knelt to pray,
the drifter did escape.




donderdag 6 juni 2013

Lee Marvin - Wandrin' Star




I was born under a wandrin' star
I was born under a wandrin' star
Wheels are made for rolling, mules are made to pack
I've never seen a sight that didn't look better looking back
I was born under a wandrin' star
...





woensdag 5 juni 2013

Jacques Prévert - Je suis comme je suis





Je suis comme je suis
Je suis faite comme ça
Quand j'ai envie de rire
Oui je ris aux éclats
J'aime celui qui m'aime
Est-ce ma faute à moi
Si ce n'est pas le même
Que j'aime chaque fois
Je suis comme je suis
Je suis faite comme ça
Que voulez-vous de plus
Que voulez-vous de moi

Je suis faite pour plaire
Et n'y puis rien changer
Mes talons sont trop hauts
Ma taille trop cambrée
Mes seins beaucoup trop durs
Et mes yeux trop cernés
Et puis après
Qu'est-ce que ça peut vous faire
Je suis comme je suis
Je plais à qui je plais

Qu'est-ce que ça peut vous faire
Ce qui m'est arrivé
Oui j'ai aimé quelqu'un
Oui quelqu'un m'a aimée
Comme les enfants qui s'aiment
Simplement savent aimer
Aimer aimer...
Pourquoi me questionner
Je suis là pour vous plaire
Et n'y puis rien changer.



maandag 3 juni 2013

The Fugs - Ramses II Burial Waltz (1968)




Do not surround me with wreathes of flowers
nor place upon my body the signs of a fetish
nor crescent, cross, phallus or sun

but bury me in an apple orchard
that I might touch your lips again
bury me in an apple orchard
that I might touch your lips again
..