zondag, december 02, 2007

Een Verjaardag ...


Healty ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Mijn hart is zoals een zingende vogel
wiens hart overloopt van vreugde:
Mijn hart is zoals een appelboom
wiens takken buigen door het rijpe fruit;
Mijn hart is zoals een regenboogschelp
die dobbert op een vredige zee;
Mijn hart is zo gelukkig en fier,
want mijn lief kwam, mijn lief is hier.

Richt zijden baldakijnen op voor mij;
Versier ze met bont en purperkleuren;
Graveer granaatappels en duiven
en pauwen met honderden ogen;
Borduur ze met filigranen druiven
en met blaren en fleurs-de-lys;
Daar ik de jaardag van mijn leven vier,
want mijn lief kwam, mijn lief is hier.

Christina Rossetti

woensdag, oktober 31, 2007

Raindrops on Roses ...


Raindrops on a white Rose ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favorite things

Cream colored ponies and crisp apple streudels
Doorbells and sleigh bells and schnitzel with noodles
Wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings
These are a few of my favorite things

Girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eyelashes
Silver white winters that melt into springs
These are a few of my favorite things

When the dog bites
When the bee stings
When I'm feeling sad
I simply remember my favorite things
And then I don't feel so bad.

Uit: The Sound of Music.

Geef mij je hand...


another day @Work, another Girl ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Geef mij je hand
Geef mij ze allebei
en zeg me dan heel even
dat niet kunt leven
zonder mij, zonder mij ...

zondag, oktober 21, 2007

We'll meet again ...


We'll meet again ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Let's say goodbye with a smile, dear,
Just for a while, dear, we must part.
Don't let the parting upset you,
I'll not forget you, sweetheart.
We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when,
But I know we'll meet again, some sunny day.
Keep smiling through, just like you always do,
'Til the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away.

So will you please say hello to the folks that I know,
Tell them I won't be long.
They'll be happy to know that as you saw me go,
I was singing this song.

After the rain comes the rainbow,
You'll see the rain go, never fear,
We two can wait for tomorrow,
Goodbye to sorrow, my dear.

zaterdag, oktober 06, 2007

Binnen zonder te kloppen ...


Stairs ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

De straat is grijs
De gracht beneveld
Binnen hou ik het niet uit
Daar denk ik steeds
Aan toen die avond
Ik schrik op van elk geluid
Ik hoor een deur
Open en dichtgaan
Ik hoor het kraken van een tree
En al m'n hoop
Is op de deurknop
Maar die gaat niet benee
Refr.
Ze kwam binnen zonder kloppen
Ze kwam binnen zonder kloppen
Ze kwam binnen
Ze kwam binnen
Ze kwam binnen zonder kloppen
En ging weg zonder een woord
Ik was alleen
En niet gelukkig
Ik brandde langzaam achteruit
En iedere dag
Meer vraag dan antwoord
Een nieuwe krant, een oud geluid
Ik wou dood
Ik wou begraven
Met veel bloemen en bezoek
En opeens
Stond zij daar voor me
Schopte haar schoenen in de hoek
Refr.
De avond valt
In duizend stukken
Op de straten van de stad
Met bonzend hart als wichelroede
Zoek ik mijn verloren schat
Maar het leidt tot niets
Lood om oud ijzer
Welke deur ik ook probeer
Ze zijn dicht
Of ze gaan open
Maar nooit meer, nooit meer, nooit meer als die keer.

De Dijk

zondag, september 30, 2007

Mandalay ...


Free Burma ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

By the old Moulmein Pagoda, lookin' lazy at the sea,
There's a Burma girl a-settin', and I know she thinks o' me;
For the wind is in the palm-trees, and the temple-bells they say;
"Come you back, you British Soldier; come you back to Mandalay!"
Come you back to Mandalay,
Where the old Flotilla lay;
Can't you 'ear their paddles clunkin' from Rangoon to Mandalay?
On the road to Mandalay,
Where the flyin'-fishes play,
An' the dawn comes up like thunder outer China 'crost the Bay!

Rudyard Kipling

woensdag, september 26, 2007

Dragonfly ...


Dragonfly ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

I will never let you down
I will always be around

In the time we are here
We'll see love disappear
Don't ask how
Don't ask why
Just fly, dragonfly
Just fly, dragonfly

I will never bring you down
I will always stick around
I will heat you
when you're cold

In the time we have left
We'll raise eyes to the sky
Don't ask how
Don't ask why
Just fly, dragonfly
Just fly, dragonfly

Don't ask how
Don't ask why
Just fly, dragonfly
Just fly, fly, fly dragonfly

Fleetwood Mac

zondag, september 23, 2007

Niemand heeft je ooit gezien ...


Fran !!!
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Niemand heeft je ooit gezien
maar toch ben je van mij.
Niemand heeft je ooit gezien
maar toch ben je bij mij.
Ik wist het allereerst van jouw bestaan.
Je bent vlakbij maar ver nog hier vandaan.
Niemand heeft je ooit gezien
maar toch ben je bij mij.
Hier onder mijn hart begint jouw leven,
hier onder mijn hart groeit het geluk.
Jouw jonge leven en mijn geluk.

Helga.

zaterdag, september 22, 2007

Strawberry Fields forever ...


Oooh ...
Originally uploaded by Berta...

Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Living is easy with eyes closed, misunderstanding all you see.
It's getting hard to be someone but it all works out, it doesn't matter much to me.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.

No one I think is in my tree, I mean it must be high or low.
That is you can't you know tune in but it's all right, that is I think it's not too bad.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Always, no sometimes, think it's me, but you know I know when it's a dream.
I think I know I mean a 'Yes' but it's all wrong, that is I think I disagree.
Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to Strawberry Fields.
Nothing is real and nothing to get hungabout.
Strawberry Fields forever.
Strawberry Fields forever.

Lennon & McCartney

woensdag, september 19, 2007

I think, Autumn is on its way ...


Red leaves blow in the wind
leaving home and everything it's known behind
barren branches wave goodbye
as the red leaves slowly die
every flower stares and watches
as the wind, it takes me away
before the sun, the sun shone upon me
oh now, now the wind, it takes me away
it takes me away, yeah, it takes me away
red leaves falling through the branches
making their way to the ground
blowing by the flowers sleeping
no one knows the leaves are leaving
every flower stares and watches
as the wind takes me away
before the sun, the sun shone upon me
oh now, now the wind takes me away
every flower stares and watches
as the wind, as the wind takes me away, yeah
before the sun, the sun, the sun shone upon me
oh now, now the wind it takes me away!
and every flower stares and watches

Haste The Day

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