Poem

Ann Jäderlund

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The self in the sun and the self in the human.

The self in the sun and the self in the human.
It spreads through all the layers.
I who am filled with them. And of
the self in the heart. When it is
unknown. But how shall it
come to exist
there? Without my having
part of it?

© Translation: 2014, Pamela Robertson-Pearce

Het ik in de zon en het ik in de mens.

Het ik in de zon en het ik in de mens.
Het verspreidt zich door alle omhulsels.
Ik die er vervuld van ben. En van
het ik diep in het hart. Terwijl het
onbekend is. Maar hoe kan het
daar dan
zijn? Zonder dat ik er
deel aan heb?

© Vertaling: 2014, Lisette Keustermans

Jaget i solen och jaget i människan.
Det sprider sig genom alla höljen.
Jag som är fylld av dem. Och av
jaget inne i hjärtat. När det är
okänt. Men hur ska det
kunna finnas
där? Utan att jag har
del i det?

© 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

Ann Jäderlund

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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Virgin forest with a row of figures. Testimony’s tent.

I look at a leaf and attach my hope

Turning myself easily. It is not enclosed.

WHY ARE WE NOT IN PARADISE?

When life passes away. Each heavily

And the sea gave back the dead. Those who had been thrown into it. But

That which is in the water. But is not

That is all the thoughts of the heads. When one

Everything there is alike. One

The self in the sun and the self in the human.

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The self in the sun and the self in the human.

The self in the sun and the self in the human.
It spreads through all the layers.
I who am filled with them. And of
the self in the heart. When it is
unknown. But how shall it
come to exist
there? Without my having
part of it?

© 2014, Pamela Robertson-Pearce
From: Vad hjälper det en människa om hon häller rent vatten över sig i alla sina dagar

The self in the sun and the self in the human.

The self in the sun and the self in the human.
It spreads through all the layers.
I who am filled with them. And of
the self in the heart. When it is
unknown. But how shall it
come to exist
there? Without my having
part of it?

© 2014, Pamela Robertson-Pearce

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