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Intermediate level: cycle 3 Gedichten en Vogels ~ Poems and Birds |
• De Génestet |
• Bird song |
De Génestet

De Génestet
Two short poems by de Génestet (1829 – 1861)
Vocabulary | ||
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de spreker | speaker | |
de dader | doer, also: perpetrator | |
rijp | ripe | |
zeldzaam | rare, rarely |
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Translation • Example 10 • Soorten
- Sorts / kinds
- Speakers, hearers, thinkers, doers
- you find of all kinds, ripe and green
- Rarely do you find well integrated
- speaking, hearing, thinking, doing
Vocabulary | ||
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de vroomheid | piety | |
vroom | pious | |
deftig | posh, distinguished | |
zuur | sour, acidic | |
de zonde | sin | |
de schuld | guilt, debt | |
lelijk | ugly | |
vervullen | fulfill, fill entirely | |
de ziel | soul |
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Translation • Example 10 • Vroomheid
- Piety
- With yóúr piety I cannot
- cope in the long run
- It looks to me far too posh
- It looks to me far too sour!
- You, who in all things
- only find sin and guilt...
- Of ugly thoughts
- must be your soul fulfilled.
Bird song

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