Adriansyah Putera
Berisp Den Knoeijer Niet
With a small piece of metal, he scratched a message on the cell wall,
"“DIE DIT KOMPASS AANZIET
BERISP DEN KNOEIJER NIET
BEDENK DAT LEEGEN TIJD
TOT KNOEIERIJEN MIJ LEIDT
EN DAT VOOR TIJDVERDRIJF
IK DIT HIER NEDERSCHRIJF”
“TO THE ONE WHO SEES THIS COMPASS
DON’T REPRIMAND THE SCRIBBLER
THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT EMPTY TIME
LEADS TO SCRIBBLING
AND THAT FOR PASTIME
I WROTE THIS HERE DOWN”
(Translation by Nilca van Leyen)
He wanted to express what he felt. After that, he awaited his fate...
Read more about this old Dutch inscription at my blog virtualadrian.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-wall-of-boredom.html
A special thanks to nilca van Leyen who has helped to transcribe and translate the Dutch inscription.
Berisp Den Knoeijer Niet
With a small piece of metal, he scratched a message on the cell wall,
"“DIE DIT KOMPASS AANZIET
BERISP DEN KNOEIJER NIET
BEDENK DAT LEEGEN TIJD
TOT KNOEIERIJEN MIJ LEIDT
EN DAT VOOR TIJDVERDRIJF
IK DIT HIER NEDERSCHRIJF”
“TO THE ONE WHO SEES THIS COMPASS
DON’T REPRIMAND THE SCRIBBLER
THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT EMPTY TIME
LEADS TO SCRIBBLING
AND THAT FOR PASTIME
I WROTE THIS HERE DOWN”
(Translation by Nilca van Leyen)
He wanted to express what he felt. After that, he awaited his fate...
Read more about this old Dutch inscription at my blog virtualadrian.blogspot.com/2017/03/the-wall-of-boredom.html
A special thanks to nilca van Leyen who has helped to transcribe and translate the Dutch inscription.