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Part 4 - The Poem “Papiamentu pa Semper” and itsTranslations E Poema “Papiamentu pa Semper” i suTradukshonnan: The Translations and Editing of thePoem Hilda de Windt Ayoubi and Pieter Muysken (forDutch)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2022

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Papiamentu/o (Papiamento) / Papiamentu andNederlands (Dutch) / Hulandes

PAPIAMENTU PA SEMPER

Papiamentu,

nan a pidi mi

pa mi lubida bo,

nan a asta roga mi

pa mi no papia bo

argumentando

ku no ta hopi hende

na mundu ta papia bo,

ku bo vokabulario ta masha limita

pa nos por ekspresa lo ke nos ta pensa

Papiamentu,

mi sinti a konsenti un tiki,

mi kurason a bringa ku rason

i a bisa rotundamente: NO!

Pasobra

maske* lenga di pueblo di

ku nos mester sina lenganan

internashonal

ku por hiba nos muchu mas ayá di kas…

kon lo mi por menospresiá bo,

kon lo mi por habraká** bo

si ta abo a sina mi kana

tur senda den selvá

i den mondi salbahe

di sílaba, palabra i frase?

Ku ta abo

a duna mi e base

pa semper mi por sigui kana

den mundu mas grandi di palabra?

Kon e yu por nenga

su mama ku a mam’è

sin’e kana sin trompekè

riba niun silaba ni niun palabra?

PAPIAMENTU VOOR ALTIJD

Papiamentu

ze vragen me

om je te vergeten

ze smeken me

om je niet te spreken

met het argument

dat er niet veel mensen

in de wereld zijn die je spreken,

dat je woordenschat te beperkt is

om uit te drukken wat we denken

Papiamentu,

Mijn verstand was het er een beetje mee

eens,

mijn hart sprong terecht op

en heeft ronduit: NEE gezegd!

Omdat

hoewel het volk beweert

dat we internationale talen moeten leren

die ons ver van huis kunnen meenemen …

hoe zouden we je kunnen minachten,

hoe zouden we je kunnen verhaspelen,

als jij zelf me hebt leren lopen

langs alle paden in het bos

en in het wilde woud

van lettergrepen, woorden, zinnen?

Dat jij zelf

mij de basis hebt gegeven

zodat ik altijd kan blijven lopen

in de grotere woorden wereld?

Hoe kan het kind zijn moeder negeren

die hem heeft gezoogd

hem heeft leren lopen zonder struikelen

over geen enkel lettergreep of woord?

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Translingualism, Translation and Caribbean Poetry
Mother Tongue Has Crossed the Ocean
, pp. 247 - 258
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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