William Butler Yeats

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Al vaker schreef ik over William Butler Yeats, één van mijn favoriete (Ierse) dichters. Ik bekeek wat foto’s van mijn Ierland reis en kwam de foto van het graf van Yeats tegen. Uiteraard haalde ik een bundel van deze beroemde dichter uit mijn kast. Geïnspireerd schreef ik deze post. Het gedicht van Yeats gaat ook over Ierland en heeft als titel ‘I am of Ireland’. De foto’s heb ik genomen.

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I am of Ireland

‘I am of Ireland,
And the Holy Land of Ireland,
And time runs on,’ cried she.
‘Come out of charity,
Come dance with me in Ireland.’

One man, one man alone
In that outlandish gear,
One solitary man
Of all that rambled there
Had turned his stately head.
That is a long way off,
And time runs on,’ he said,
‘And the night grows rough.’

‘I am of Ireland,
And the Holy Land of Ireland,
And time runs on,’ cried she.
‘Come out of charity
And dance with me in Ireland.’

‘The fiddlers are all thumbs,
Or the fiddle-string accursed,
The drums and the kettledrums
And the trumpets all are burst,
And the trombone,’ cried he,
‘The trumpet and trombone,’
And cocked a malicious eye,
‘But time runs on, runs on.’

I am of Ireland,
And the Holy Land of Ireland,
And time runs on,’ cried she.
“Come out of charity
And dance with me in Ireland.’