Only in sleep I see their faces,
Children I played with when I was a child,
Louise comes back with her brown hair braided,
Annie with ringlets warm and wild.
Only in sleep Time is forgotten --
What may have come to them, who can know?
Yet we played last night as long ago,
And the doll-house stood at the turn of the stair.
The years had not sharpened their smooth round faces,
I met their eyes and found them mild --
Do they, too, dream of me, I wonder,
And for them am I too a child?
Alleen als ik slaap zie ik hun gezichten,
Kinderen met wie ik speelde toen ik kind was,
Louise komt terug met haar gevlochten bruine haren,
Annie met pijpenkrullen wild in de war.
Alleen in de slaap is Tijd vergeten -
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