[lit-ideas] chewed moons
- From: "T E Fjeld" <torgfje2@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:55:27 +0200
Chewed Moons
(after Tor Ulven)
Heaven is an indifferent moan
Joy's torturous instruments make every day bearable
Fishes walk on water 'cause they're tired of swimming
Pine trees root in your nails' dirt
as language roots in your mouth's swamp
The foot is simply a neutral joint
between the kick and the mutilated face
the ungoverned foot limping along
to restlessness' encounter
Feverish musicians play instruments of reality
on seductive violins of innumerable noses
But music causes ears to deform
And evil has wings
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(The Other Version:)
Tor Ulven:
Avgnagde m=E5ner
Himmelen er et gjesp av likegyldighet
Gledens torturinstrumenter gj=F8r hverdagen utholdelig
Fiskene g=E5r p=E5 vannet fordi de er trette av =E5 sv=F8mme
Grantr=E6rne sl=E5r rot i skitten under neglene
slik spr=E5ket sl=E5r rot i munnens sump
Foten er bare et n=F8ytralt forbindelsesledd
mellom sparket og det kvestede ansiktet
den herrel=F8se foten som halter avsted
til m=F8tet med rastl=F8sheten
Feberfantasiens musikere spiller p=E5 virkelighetens instrument
p=E5 dine utallige nesers smektende fioliner
Men musikk f=F8rer til misdannelser i =F8rene
og onde mennesker har vinger
(from _Skyggen av urfuglen_ (The shadow of the original bird), 1977,
repr. _Samlede dikt_, 2001, p. 22)
--
T E Fjeld
Roehampton University
http://home.no.net/torgfje/
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