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Jon Fosse

LIKE A BOAT IN THE FINE WIND

you and I
you and the moon
you and the wind
you
and the stars
perhaps
in front of all the stench
of corpses
rotting
in their confined soil
the others, like myself
or who burn
in their hopeless hope
(without pain, yes of course)

yes like a boat in the fine wind

ALS EEN BOOT IN DE FRISSE WIND

jij en ik
jij en de maan
jij en de wind
jij
en de sterren
misschien
boven alle stank
van lijken
die rotten
in hun dompige aarde
de anderen, net als ikzelf
of die branden
in hun hopeloze hoop
(zonder pijn, ja vanzelfsprekend)
 
ja als een boot in de frisse wind

SOM EIN BÅT I DEN FINE VINDEN

du og eg
du og månen
du og vinden
du
og stjernene
kanskje
framføre all stanken
av lik
som rotnar
i si innestengde jord
dei andre, som meg sjølv
eller som brenn
i si vonlause von
(utan smerte, ja sjølvsagt)

ja som ein båt i den fine vinden
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LIKE A BOAT IN THE FINE WIND

you and I
you and the moon
you and the wind
you
and the stars
perhaps
in front of all the stench
of corpses
rotting
in their confined soil
the others, like myself
or who burn
in their hopeless hope
(without pain, yes of course)

yes like a boat in the fine wind

LIKE A BOAT IN THE FINE WIND

you and I
you and the moon
you and the wind
you
and the stars
perhaps
in front of all the stench
of corpses
rotting
in their confined soil
the others, like myself
or who burn
in their hopeless hope
(without pain, yes of course)

yes like a boat in the fine wind
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