Die Seele ist nur der
Schlaf des Geistes.
GWF Hegel, Die Philosophie des Geistes
Three poems by Thomas Tranströmer
"Tomas Tranströmer (1931 – 2015 ), a Swedish poet, has been universally
acclaimed as one of the most important European and Scandinavian writers
since 1945. He was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Literature. Tranströmer
suffered a stroke in 1990, and after a six-year silence published his
collection Sorgegondolen, translated into English as The Grief Gondola
[2010]." (from thomastranstromer.net/about/)
FÄNGELSE
Pojken dricker mjölk
och somnar trygg i sin cell,
en moder av sten.
PRISON
The boy's drinking milk,
sleeping safely in his cell,
mother made of stone
* * *
En pinande blåst
drar genom huset i natt -
demonernas namn.
A freezing wind is
passing through our house to-night;
the name of demons
* * *
SVARTA VYKORT
I
Almanackan fullskriven, framtid okänd.
Kabeln nynnar folkvisan utan hemland.
Snöfall i det blystilla havet. Skuggor
brottas på kajen.
II
Mitt i livet händer det att döden kommer
och tar mått på människan. Det besöket
glöms och livet fortsätter. Men kostymen
sys i det tysta.
BLACK POSTCARDS
1.
A calendar fully booked. A future uncertain.
The wire is humming quietly on a folk song
without homeland. Snow falls on an ocean of
led. Shadows wrestle on the dock.
2.
Sometimes death arrives in the middle of life
to measure man. It is a visit that is soon
forgotten; life goes on. Our
suit is sewn in silence.
Mvh. / Yours sincerely,
Torgeir Fjeld, PhD
http://torgeirfjeld.com/
