Poem
Tone Hødnebø
NOT the whispering branch
NOT the whispering branch,not the cool wind
not the weak heart
But a voice saying: go home, go home
and home is a place in an insignificant soviet
A second later you are transformed
as you imagine the scenery you are deported
turn your back and never regret.
Your mind open thinking how your thoughts move
like a forest aroused, and the tree-trunks cut down, one by one.
© Translation: 2013, Cecilie Dahl and Tone Hødnebø
NOT the whispering branch
IKKE den susende greinen,
ikke den svale vinden,
ikke det syke hjertet
men en stemme som sier: gå hjem, gå hjem
Og hjem er et sted i et lite sovjet
Ett sekund står du forvandlet
Tanken på stedet forviste deg dit
Du skal gi fra deg alt og aldri angre
Du åpner hodet. Du tenker at tankene rører seg
som en opprømt skog, og skogen hugges, tre for tre.
ikke den svale vinden,
ikke det syke hjertet
men en stemme som sier: gå hjem, gå hjem
Og hjem er et sted i et lite sovjet
Ett sekund står du forvandlet
Tanken på stedet forviste deg dit
Du skal gi fra deg alt og aldri angre
Du åpner hodet. Du tenker at tankene rører seg
som en opprømt skog, og skogen hugges, tre for tre.
© 1994, Tone Hødnebø
From: Mørkt kvadrat
Publisher: Aventura forlag , Oslo
From: Mørkt kvadrat
Publisher: Aventura forlag , Oslo
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NOT the whispering branch
NOT the whispering branch,not the cool wind
not the weak heart
But a voice saying: go home, go home
and home is a place in an insignificant soviet
A second later you are transformed
as you imagine the scenery you are deported
turn your back and never regret.
Your mind open thinking how your thoughts move
like a forest aroused, and the tree-trunks cut down, one by one.
© 2013, Cecilie Dahl and Tone Hødnebø
From: Mørkt kvadrat
From: Mørkt kvadrat
NOT the whispering branch
NOT the whispering branch,not the cool wind
not the weak heart
But a voice saying: go home, go home
and home is a place in an insignificant soviet
A second later you are transformed
as you imagine the scenery you are deported
turn your back and never regret.
Your mind open thinking how your thoughts move
like a forest aroused, and the tree-trunks cut down, one by one.
© 2013, Cecilie Dahl and Tone Hødnebø
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