POETRY ON DAY THREE

Pollen

- Free translation below -

Pollen, pollen, pollen

Daar gaat m’n neus niet van lopen
Daar gaat-ie van hollen

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Free translation into English:

Pollen

Pollen, pollen, pollen

I don't get a running nose of it
But a racing one

In Dutch, a 'running nose' or 'runny nose' is literally called a 'walking nose', so the change to 'running' in the second line emphasizes it. This is a bit lost when you translate it to English, because the phrase already contains the word 'running'.