Ik hoef nooit onder de
wapens,
zeg mijn kinderen geen
vaarwel,
ken geen honger, geen
ellende,
hoef niet te vechten
voor mijn vel.
Moet niet overleven in
de modder,
moet niet doden voor
mijn bestaan,
hoef niet in loopgraven
te kruipen
die half onder water
staan.
Ik zou niet weten hoe
het voelt,
ik ken hun diepste
angsten niet,
maar ben hen dankbaar
voor dat alles,
dat hun offer ons naliet.
Posts tonen met het label In Flanders Fields. Alle posts tonen
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maandag 15 april 2013
zondag 11 november 2012
In Flanders Fields - John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failings hand we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders Fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failings hand we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
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