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Augrabiese valle

Foto: Fanie Marais

AUGRABIES ABAKUS/ABACUS 
Verse & Foto's © Myra Lochner

Haikoe en verse geskryf gedurende 'n besoek aan die Augrabies-Waterval in die Kalahari, Suid-Afrika
Haiku and verse written during a visit to the Augrabies Falls, in the Kalahari desert, South Africa

Opgedra aan reisigers na die Groot Waters/Dedicated to travelers to the Big Waters
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God fluister
 luidskeels
  bo die magtige dreuning

 Gister adem môre in vandag      Yesterday breathes Tomorrow in Today

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Die werklikheid is 'n môrester
wat gister weerkaats
in die poel genaamd vandag

eeue eggo

en rooikroon-kraanvoëls
sidder
agter my borsbeen
reality is a tomorrow star
reflecting yesterday
in the pond called today 

centuries echo 

and red-crowned cranes
quiver
behind my breastbone



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oor die afgrond

o geurige liefde
  vervoer my deur jou droomdein
  ek is jou skoenlapper
across the abyss

oh fragrant love
move me by your dream tide
I'm your butterfly

I. HAIKOE.HAiKU

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lynreg voëlvlug vanaf betonoerwoudhart tot waar water vryval

(1)
 gedagtes val weg
 tot strome water gekloof
 spatsels stilte

 thoughts fall away
 become water filled ravines
 blotted silence

  (2)
 swaeltjies swaelstert
 oor skeure – waterval dan
 bo-oor watervalle

 swallows swallow-tail
 over ravines – waterfall
 over waterfalls

 (3)
 klanke splyt stilte
 spikkels kwettervoëls swenk
 kriskras luglyne

 sounds split silence
 speckles twitter-birds swerve
 crisscross sky lines

 (4)
 praatsiek vinke
 kompeteer met die Oranje
 ruimte versplinter

 twaddling finches
 competing with the Orange
 shattered expanse

(5)
 wat suis so sagweg?
 windwaterval, blou stilte
 naamlose siele

 what are those soft sighs?
 wind waterfall, blue silence
 nameless souls

 (6)
 aardgesig geskend
 slote van stortings
 watersoomdrome

 ravaged earth face
 rip-rap ravines
 water-seam dreams

 (7)
 stilte skuil steroog
 onder donker bakkranse
 in natoog poele

 silence starry-eyed
 underneath shaded cliffs
 within wet-eyed pools
(8)
voëls sing augrabies
swart klippe koppel oewers
briesdans veeg hange

 birds sing augrabies
 black rocks rejoin riverbanks
 breeze dance brushes cliffs

  (9)
 drierigting saamspoel
 waterwoelige stilte
 gehoor … dan gesien

 three-direction pool
 water rushes silence
 first heard … then seen

   (10)
 Oranjerivier
 droë delta droombevange
 passievol see toe

 Orange river
 dry delta overcome with dreams
 passionately seaward

 (11)
soetdoring-skadu’s
lynskets rotse en rooisand 
my traannat wange

 sweet thorn shadows
 line-sketching rock and redsand
 my tearstained cheeks

 (12)
  dassies sit klipstil.
  pnbekende berge saagtand
  verre versugtinge

 rock-rabbit rock still
 unknown mountains serrate
 far-away sighs

 (13)
 roep van ‘n jakkals
 bosveld-stilte ongeroerd
 my hart versplinter

 call of a jackal
 bush veldt silence unmoved
 my heart shatters

(14)
 roep van ’n jakkals
 bosveldstilte ongeroerd
 my hart sidder

 call of a jackal
 bush veldt silence unmoved
 my heart shudders

II VERBYPAD.BYPASS

Geskryf tydens 'n verkeersknoop tussen 17:00 en 19:00 van Johannesburg (N1) oor Pretoria met die Platinum-snelweg na Brits. 
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Kgalagadi Roetekaart

As jy die stad agterlaat,
volg die kareeboompad na die hart
van die kgalagadi;
van rots tot rots tot waterval,

tot daar waar donker voetval

ligraak.
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spitsuur

 sementpad en pampasgras
 bloekomboom treurwilgerdroom
 golden gate en bloedrooi son
 sugtende walmhemel
 mynhooppiramides granietteaters
 motorslange kronkelend teen hange

huis toe gaan

ylende koorsboom verhemelte
stomgrys duifformasies swenk
liggroen gehemelte vertakte herfs

 heuningverlore soetdoring
 gepeupel niksbeskore swerf
 platinum ysterchroom skemerte

koue maan

dan skielik het strate stil geraak
blinkoog wat klim oor dak van sink

spiraaldraad gehek teen desperate daad

blinde blik tuur in bekervuur
verdryf die kilte van donkeruur
metamorfeer metaalgelaat

maanlig val deur hart se kraak

stuk-stuk-geluk

 ek voel U in my hart se weet
 in pletterwoorde vir vergeet
 ek hoor U in sirenes huil
 in eggo’s wat in skeure skuil
 gekruisig kom ek nêrens tuis
 weerloos berg ek my
 Huis toe reis


haikoe

in rooi kombers
wiegelied my siel
op wolkie 9
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III. Lugspieël.Mirage

windrigtings verwar                                                                                                             vlieg sonder weerhaan                                                                                                              Inwaarts

Brits

 Bedelaarsperspektief
 Ek sien U orals –- ru en naak:
 in armblankekind se stottervraag --
 die Boerekommandant-genant:

 "Hoe, Antie, hoe vind ek my terug?"

 Ek sien U in sy oë se blou ... en in
 die hongertrek -- die siel se grou --
 die moedig beur na oorbegin -- die sug;
 ek sien U in die donker staar
 van Robert, swart goudhandelaar;

 in sy gul wens: "God seën die Baas"
 (nou ongehoord dié groet -- misplaas)

en in sy hand wat myne vlugtig raak

  word ek U dienaar -- willig Klaas;

 ek sien U blik -- teerder en seer
 in ekspert en nikswerd se leed
 in handgebaar beskaafd barbaar;
 in stil oë wat 'n diep vuur kreet;
 en wapperend teen doringdraad

 sien ek u bloedbevlekte Kleed ...

  Mount Amanzi 

“let no one say
 and say it to your shame
 that it was beauty here
 before you came”


Thabo Moya

 Solid soul
 A wind transfixed
 Released of region

 Unjoined unbound
 Ununited and apart
 Materialized motion

 Molten star
 
Betanie

 this road to Betanie
 is lonely
 without homestead
 for ragged soul

but somewhere Home:

white dove egg
nested on a cliff
awaiting the holy flight

 oh promised land!

Betanie

Hierdie pad na Betanie
is eensaam
sonder opstal
vir flentersiel

Maar iewers Huis:

Wit duifeier
genes teen 'n hang
wag op die heilige vlug

O, Beloofde Land!

 
Zinnian Dream

Burnt orange, yellow, rusty dye
skirts motionless in May’s mild trance
silken wings swing dragon fly

Hang-gliding above a singing stream
sighs lined against blue sky
in autumn’s mellow midyear dance

Transparent swirls of butterfly


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 IV. STILTE.SILENCE 

Road Fork
diamond-eyed day-blind
tortured nightingale
midnight-child

road fork
(bokmakierie call-call-callers)

Padvurk
diamand-oog dagblind
gemartelde nagtegaal

middernagkind

padvurk
(bokmakierie roep-roep-roepers)


Congelation
crystal clear
quiver:
cross-choir of the soul

a waterfall

f

r

o

z

e

n

white whisper whorl
spiral
of recollection
congelation of emotion

i

c

e

draws
a wince of sorrow
in
heart's helix
of pain


Stolling
glashelder
rilling:
kruiskoor van die siel

'n waterval:

b

e

v

r

o

r

e


wit fluisterwoord-winding
spiraal
van herinnering
stolling van emosie

y

s

teken
die huiwering van hartseer
binne
hart se skroeflyn
van pyn

Pleiades
Blue
Blue bells singing softly
birdlike they sound their song
becoming pure light
bell-like this cut glass doves
blue birds
belling they belong
belling their loves

Pleiade
Blou
blouklokkies sag singend
bokmakierie hul sang
blou lig gesuiwer
bel-agtig hierdie kristalglas duiwe
blou voëls
bellend hul behoort
bellend hul liefdes


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Silent, sweet Squirrel

 silent, sweet sweet squirrel
 gather tears on strings
 chirp autumn air, sweet swallow
 silent, tired wings
 silent, sweet sweet madness
 woven thoughts of loss
 silent, showy flourish
 silent, blood-lipped gloss
 damsel-fly so brittle
 hang-glides drowsy breeze
 muted, sparrow's drivel

 silent, crowded squeeze
 silent, trembling nearness
 listen: distance sings
 tie purple ribbons, sorrow
 silent, broken rings

Stil, eekhoring soetlief

 stil, eekhoring soetlief
 berg trane-kralewerk
 tjirp herfslug, soete swaeltjie
 stil, uitputting gevlerk
 stil, soete soete waansin
 verweef verlies bedink
 stil, lawwe tierlantyntjie
 stil, lippe bloedgetint
 stil, brose naaldekoker
 hanggly die windjie loom

 stom, spreeu se geskater
 stil, skare se drukstroom
 stil, bewende nabyheid
 luister: die verte sing
 bind purper linte, seerheid
 stil, gebroke kring


Topography

 stripped-away  all shaded clay
 all layers of emotions' shells
 with reckless words – with sharp
 harsh tools
 of brutal, tidal tongues

 now remain soft cameos
 with oceanic cries in eyes
 lips silent shivers   of deep sighs
 peeled from eternal lies
 sharks' shadows pulse in drowning souls

 a moonless night at bay  somewhere out there 
 smooth memories are star-struck by decay

Topografie

 alle skakerings van klei is weggestroop
 alle lae skulp-emosies weggekalf
 met roekelose woorde – skerp en harde
 instrumente
 van brutale gety-tonge

 nou bly sagte kameë
 met seë huilend in oë
 lippe stil sidderings
 van diep sugte geskil van ewige leuens

skaduwees van haaie pols in siele wat verdrink
'n maanlose nag wag iewers buite

seepgladde herinneringe grootogig deur verval



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Lanturne
dawn

too soon
night has gone
my dreams not shed:

Star

Lantern
dag

te vroeg
versag nag
my drome wag:

Ster

Haiku
 this garden of Love
 so many empty places
 hope's sweet rambling rose

Haikoe
 hierdie Liefdestuin
 so baie leë plekke
 hoop se soet rankroos
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 V. Verval.Decay  
  

Picture
one day
all mighty mountains
will turn to tiny grains

let’s pray
we’ll drink from fountains
and flower in his rains

 


Space … without a Trace
To a co-traveler

although this world may tumble
its beauty turned to dust
although the soul made humble
may lose its hope and trust
although the mind may wander
and leave but traces lost
this moment will stay ours
and love will pay the cost

although the stars may quiver
and fall into the sea
although the moon may shiver
may crush the willow tree
although the sun may wither
its ocher eye all dry
your soul will still come hither
for love can never die

 I write to you this keepsake
 to take with you today
 for friendship pure and simple
 can never turn to clay

 
Dry sky shows its copper Line

dry sky shows its copper line – 
I tread on paths of iron;
within the lamb, meek and divine,
pride hides a hungry lion.

mists of morn's yawn drifting by
to touch four cautious eyes; 
mother bird, her fragile child:
a short while -- both will fly ...

where do you go, sweet fly-away?
tell me, where do you stay?
a nest awaits two hearts astray –
streams gurgle flooded clay.

 birds' chirps scroll in mid-air
 Love's prophesy foretold;
 trees paint shadowed meadows fair,
 twirled secrets rolled in gold.

 perched on remnants of its song
 a rain bird shivers echo's gong;
 summits ancient in clouds' sighs,
oceans shimmer starry eyes.

lovers dream in endless sleep;
motion in God's potion.
heartbeats' depth in search of depth:
merged in separation.

as cream is spun apart from milk,
day separates itself from night;
by swift release dawn's rosy silk
entices blindness towards sight.


ek verloor my woorde
tussen ruising
en stilte

Journey Divine

Stars and hikers connected
to the same cosmos
both within a sacred journey:

inwards, towards the core, they intensify their love
linked forever to each other they move as companions

along predestined lines
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Onopsigtelik

Ek was daar waar stilte 'n geselsmaat raak
waar droë takke kraakstem praat
waar klippe uitroep vanuit kraak

Ek was daar waar oggendgrys
oor blaartapyt half sleepvoet gly
waar tortels doodstil swyg

Toe ek uiteindelik vertrek
was daar g'n skadu uit sy plek

 _VI. WINTER WIT.WINTER WHITE 

 
In winter desert waits the seed of growth 

 In winter desert waits the seed of growth:
 a succulent, 
 so silent in its solemn bed
 of sand and loss,
 fuzzed by time's drag.

 A gloss awaits the eager hands
 to lift away
 the cover of dried hope,
 of pebbled crust:
 a diamond patient to the cut.

 A millipede which leaves its path
 to die  in dark despair of dust, 
 may channel light into the night,
 just as miller may find millet
 by sheer trust.

 In winter desert waits the seed
 of streams;
 the soul  remembers
rain's soft joy;  crabs move
crisscross over rich soil

and rivers murmur their wet dreams.

 
Lig

 Lig
 mag lonkend wees, 
 mag die hemel  dra.
 Dit mag die donker mantel skeur
 om berge te verlig.
 Dit mag blou en groen laat oog-
 knip, of laat
  skinder in skakerings
 van ander kleure in die reënboog.

 Lig is sag-paraat 
 en wit;  dit  praat 
 met heldersiende tonge;
 deurstraal siele met raaisels.

 
Light 

 Light
 may tantalize;  may carry the sky.
 It may shred the shroud of darkness
 to illuminate mountains;
 it may entice blue and green
 to wink,  or to gossip in shades 
 about other colors of the rainbow.

 Light  is softly potent
 and white;  it  speaks 
 in clairvoyant tongues,
 saturating souls with riddles.

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Berg-engele

Dit is vir sommige moeilik om die begrip engele te snap.
Hulle is geneig om hulle groter te maak as lewensgroot
–  berg-engele  –
slegs om die intimiteit te verloor van  fluisterende vlerke
binne die treurende
hart

Mountain Angels 

It is difficult for some to grasp the term angels.
They tend to make them bigger than life
 – mountain angels –
only  to lose the intimacy of  whispering wings
within  the  mourning
heart

Who is the poet, what is the poem?
 
Who is the poet, what is the poem;
who holds the songs of the musical gnome?
Write then the riddle on magical reams:
who is the dreamer of unresolved dreams?
Who catches the bluebird, who sets it free;
who strings the bluebells, who shapes the oak tree?
Ponder all questions and answer the plot:
who selects titles and writes it in blood?
Who splashes vast skies, who twirls it in gold;
who lips soft breezes and wishes to mold?
Trace thus tears' sorrow, hear giggles with glee:
who captures my soul and who dances with me?
Who is the poet, what is the poem;
who holds the songs of the musical gnome?
Unravel the riddle on magical reams:
God is the dreamer of unresolved dreams!

VII Die skoonheid van gestrooptheid.the beauty of strippedness

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skoonveld

spoelklippies koel en glad
plavei die reguitpad
na waar waters rus is
en alle skyn gestroop is
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