Marien Jacobs Poems

Lord, it's so easy for humans to deceive,
To act a little bit of make-belief.
To wound as they go without caring a dime,
And leave a broken heart for just another time.
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I long to see you too,
I wish I could hear your voice,
It will never go through as a noise.
I long to look into your eyes,
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Stop asking questions; I beseech,
Cause without complains I have reached
The point to say goodbye.
I wished you could have guess and say
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What do you do when you love
but you can not tell,
when you're scared that you'll loose,
what you've never owned.
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'Ek is lief vir jou'.
Donker, leë woorde, sonder betekenis of gevoel,
In die lug gespreek – te swewe, sonder teiken of doel.
Dit voor jy skielik net iewers in die niet verdwyn,
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Jou het ek as mede kind van God leer ken,
Maar gou het jy my hart kom wen
En het ek 'n ware vriend in jou gevind,
Onsigbare bande het ons aan mekaar verbind.
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Your eyes, my dear friend, are the windows of your soul
Which show that through the years, your inside's still not whole.
Your eyes reflect all your hurt; all your pain
Which lies before you like a lake after some rain.
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Hy was 'n vriend so naby aan U hart...
En tog het U geweet van al die smart,
Die pyn en lyding wat U sou verduur,
Deur 'n vriend, deur satan gehuur.
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(Dedicated to my Biology Teacher)

Life is not an easy game to play,
Especially not when I try to say
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Wees stil en weet Ek is Heer,
En Ek gee jou krag as jy op My wag;
En niks in die heelal sal My kan keer,
Want Ek is God, en aan My behoort alle mag.
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