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Ann Jäderlund

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Those who seek peace should draw the arrow out.

Those who seek peace should draw the arrow out.
A bud means nothing
to it. Then you will get no peace. Such
is a life. No matter how attached you are
to it. Or to the world.

Wie vrede zoekt moet de pijl eruit trekken.

Wie vrede zoekt moet de pijl eruit trekken.
Een knop betekent niets
voor hem. Je bereikt er geen vrede mee. Zo
is een leven. Hoe je er ook aan
gehecht bent. Of aan de wereld.

Den som söker frid ska dra ut pilen.
En knopp betyder ingenting
för den. Då når du ingen frid. Så
är ett liv. Hur mycket du än är fäst
vid det. Eller vid världen.

© 2009, Ann Jäderlund
From: Vad hjälper det en människa om hon häller rent vatten över sig i alla sina dagar
Publisher: Albert Bonniers Förlag, Stockholm

Ann Jäderlund

(Sweden, 1955)

Ann Jäderlund connects her poetry to other texts and art forms to a large extent. She uses fragments from European literature, such as ‘you died today or was it yesterday’, an echo of the opening sentence from Albert Camus’s The Stranger. Her poetry leans on psychological and philosophical concepts (for example by Freud or Hume) and she attempts to capture the slow language of Iranian films in ...

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Those who seek peace should draw the arrow out.

Those who seek peace should draw the arrow out.
A bud means nothing
to it. Then you will get no peace. Such
is a life. No matter how attached you are
to it. Or to the world.

Those who seek peace should draw the arrow out.

Those who seek peace should draw the arrow out.
A bud means nothing
to it. Then you will get no peace. Such
is a life. No matter how attached you are
to it. Or to the world.