Kore

Somriu cada vegada

que una altra cosa d'ella

mereix un amor teu.

Somriu quan tu surts d'ella

i es torna a cloure intacta.

Somriu d'una tendresa

que no us suplicarà

(tu, amb el teu món àvid)

que li'n digueu bondat,

i a penes endevines

som s'absorbeix. Encara

li cal sumar-se. Encara

va naixent el seu cos.

Kore

Smile, every time

something else of hers

deserves a love of yours.

Smile, as you leave her,

as she closes untouched.

Smile tenderly,

for she will not beg you

(you, with your eager world)

to call her kindness,

and you can barely guess

how she is absorbed. Yet

she must still come together. Yet

she is still coming into being.

Translation: Z. DE MEESTER)