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The nightingales

The nightingales

I hardly expected anything from life,
Happiness simply cannot be traced.
What does it give? – In the cold spring night
Sing the immortal nightingales.

Dutch to English translation.

by: J.C. Bloem (1887-1966)

Uit: Avond (1950), opgenomen in Verzamelde Gedichten (1965)
Written by Eternal-traveler
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