Gedicht Welkom in The building speaks its own language
Het gedicht Welkom is opgenomen in The building speaks its own language, Design and construction of Sanders Building / Erasmus School of Law dat is samengesteld door Helen Stout en Ilja Walraven. Misja van Gilst vertaalde het gedicht in het Engels:
Welcome
Enter, stranger
into this peaceful place where somebody
waits for you and speaks to you
in a foreign tongue
caresses your hands
brings the walls to life
and stays and waits and wakes
a soft light appears alongside
caresses your cheeks
welcomes you calmly
into the shady anteroom
where somebody waits for you
and speaks to you
in a foreign tongue
stand still
give somebody
somebody that stays
and waits and wakes
your hands
make the other
warm you
do not leave without a word
a question
do not fear
reconsider your position
caress these walls
carry calmness
bright as you are already