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VEUR T BEGUN
n Bleu volk mit woorden van veur t begun.
Wie hufden t leven nait te bedenken.
Alles was der al.
Wie waren der al
en t swien vrat oetindelk alles op.
 
Wie hemmen de dingen n noam geven.
Tussen de dingen was der veur ons niks.
Doar was verder nait veul aan te doun.
 
t Schrift was nait neudeg,
wie konden aal onze woorden
mit gemak ontholden.
BEFORE THE BEGINNING
Timid folk with words from before the beginning.
We didn’t need to think up life.
Everything was already there.
We were already there
and the pig eventually devoured everything.
 
We gave the things a name.
Between the things there was nothing for us.
There wasn’t much to be done about that.
 
Writing was unnecessary,
we could remember all our words
with ease.