Poem
Jürgen Rooste
WILL YOU LOVE ME UNTIL THE EDGE OF ETERNITY
willyou love me until the edge of eternityand after
we have passed the edge of eternity and have
moved on for a few hours
not realising what was happening what kind of world
we have reached
willyou love me even if
I don’t manage all this
If I get drunk again and a moment before
the end of the world fall asleep in my own filth
in a corner in a room like an blissful child
willyou love me when night falls
when the weather has become bloody cold
and we have nowhere warm to go
nor have light nor any purpose in sight
willyou love me
when I tell you that only we together
will make time last that the secret is
that without us the world will cease for ever
willyou love me then just for
the wondrous world that could
after all exist (or what)
willyou love me a crazy beast
an egoist a big male feline on a broken tree branch
purring a song warm and deep as hell
while dark night deep as hell
descends over us and nobody knows what
will happen when light arrives
nobody
willyou love me who yearns for your warm
blood and lives only in anticipation of
consuming it
willyou love me darling
willyou love me until the edge of eternity
and far
far beyond this edge
© Translation: 2007, Eric Dickens
Publisher: Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam, 2007
Publisher: Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam, 2007
KASSA ARMASTAD MIND IGAVIKU ÄÄRENI
KASSA ARMASTAD MIND IGAVIKU ÄÄRENI
kassa armastad mind igaviku äärenija siis
kui igaviku äär on möödas me oleme
juba mitu tundi edasi liikund
aru saamata mis toimub millisesse maailma
me oleme jõudnud
kassa armastad mind ka siis veel
kui ma kõige sellega hakkama ei saa
kui ma end jälle täis joon ja hetk enne
maailmalõppu magama jään oma ropsi sisse
kuskil toanurgas nagu õnnis lapsuke
kassa armastad mind vastu ööd
mil ilm on pöördund nii põrgukülmaks
aga meil pole kuskile sooja minna
ega valgust ega ühtki sihtmärki
kassa siis armastad mind
kui ma ütlen sulle et ainult meie koos
paneme aja kestma et see ongi saladus
et kui pole meid siis maailm lakkab lõplikult
kassa armastaks mind siis kas või
selle imelise maailma pärast mis võiks
ju ometigi olla (või mis)
kassa armastad mind meeletut looma
egoisti suurt isast kaslast murdund puutüvel
nurrumas seda laulu mis põrgusügav ja soe
mil põrgusügav ja pime öö
langeb meie üle ja keegi ei tea mis
valguse tulekuks juhtund on
mittekeegi
kassa armastad mind kesma janunen su sooja
vere järele ja elan ainult selle neelduse
eelaimdusest
kassa ikka armastaks mind kallis
kassa armastad mind igaviku ääreni
ja kaugel
kaugel teispool seda serva
© 2005, Jürgen Rooste
From: Ilusaks inimeseks
Publisher: Verb, Tallinn
From: Ilusaks inimeseks
Publisher: Verb, Tallinn
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WILL YOU LOVE ME UNTIL THE EDGE OF ETERNITY
willyou love me until the edge of eternityand after
we have passed the edge of eternity and have
moved on for a few hours
not realising what was happening what kind of world
we have reached
willyou love me even if
I don’t manage all this
If I get drunk again and a moment before
the end of the world fall asleep in my own filth
in a corner in a room like an blissful child
willyou love me when night falls
when the weather has become bloody cold
and we have nowhere warm to go
nor have light nor any purpose in sight
willyou love me
when I tell you that only we together
will make time last that the secret is
that without us the world will cease for ever
willyou love me then just for
the wondrous world that could
after all exist (or what)
willyou love me a crazy beast
an egoist a big male feline on a broken tree branch
purring a song warm and deep as hell
while dark night deep as hell
descends over us and nobody knows what
will happen when light arrives
nobody
willyou love me who yearns for your warm
blood and lives only in anticipation of
consuming it
willyou love me darling
willyou love me until the edge of eternity
and far
far beyond this edge
© 2007, Eric Dickens
From: Ilusaks inimeseks
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
From: Ilusaks inimeseks
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
WILL YOU LOVE ME UNTIL THE EDGE OF ETERNITY
willyou love me until the edge of eternityand after
we have passed the edge of eternity and have
moved on for a few hours
not realising what was happening what kind of world
we have reached
willyou love me even if
I don’t manage all this
If I get drunk again and a moment before
the end of the world fall asleep in my own filth
in a corner in a room like an blissful child
willyou love me when night falls
when the weather has become bloody cold
and we have nowhere warm to go
nor have light nor any purpose in sight
willyou love me
when I tell you that only we together
will make time last that the secret is
that without us the world will cease for ever
willyou love me then just for
the wondrous world that could
after all exist (or what)
willyou love me a crazy beast
an egoist a big male feline on a broken tree branch
purring a song warm and deep as hell
while dark night deep as hell
descends over us and nobody knows what
will happen when light arrives
nobody
willyou love me who yearns for your warm
blood and lives only in anticipation of
consuming it
willyou love me darling
willyou love me until the edge of eternity
and far
far beyond this edge
© 2007, Eric Dickens
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
Publisher: 2007, Poetry International Festival, Rotterdam
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