Dit gedicht heb ik geschreven naar aanleiding van mijn nakend vertrek naar Israel. Het was voor mij zeer moeilijk om een beslissing te nemen. Immers, ik kon ook hier mijn studies verder zetten... Ik kon kiezen tussen hier blijven of vertrekken. Wat voor mij gelijk stond als een tegenstelling van rechts vs links.
Ode to a hard decision
Today I will pull the hardest, and no,
Don’t even think about it, I’ll also be the strongest.
Why are you crying, Left?
Have you banged your head, or simply lost faith?
Since the beginning of our combat,
you thought you’d win.
Well here you go, Right has won,
and justice has been served again.
Although, what is justice?
It could be right, or it could be left
you could jump, but you can’t turn
you can’t go left, right and left again.
Look what you did, opponent
you created a huge dilemma, don’t you understand?
Although I admit, I was part of it, I was a component
It was you that always caused the “On the other hand …”
I must say, you were a worthy adversary,
we tried, both of us, with our own unique talents
To capture him and his doubting mind,
but no, we to together, it’s impossible, we two combined.
But as I said already at the kickoff,
I am strong, solid, and so I also knocked you out
I stood firm and powerful, I am the benefit of the doubt.
I gained ground, and thus I win the contest
Don’t you get it? He’s stopped listening to your protest!
So stop licking his ass, ‘cause what the hell,
From now on he’ll be singin’, from Israel, with love…
Laatst gewijzigd op 11-08-2005 om 14:58.
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