Poem

Ann Jäderlund

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Everything there is alike. One

Everything there is alike. One
cannot break that
form. Of water which
absorbs everything. The
magnetic rag. To treat
each other the way. One wishes
everyone to treat each other.
Almost in pieces. Between wherein one
finds oneself.

© Translation: 2014, Pamela Robertson-Pearce

Alles daar is hetzelfde. Stuk-

Alles daar is hetzelfde. Stuk-
breken kun je
die vorm niet. Van water dat
alles opzuigt. Het
magnetische doekje. Elkaar zo
behandelen. Zoals je wilt
dat iedereen elkaar zal behandelen.
Bijna in stukken. Tussen hetgeen
waar men zich in bevindt.

© Vertaling: 2014, Lisette Keustermans

Allt där är likadant. Man
kan inte bryta sönder den
formen. Av vatten som
suger upp allting. Den
magnetiska trasan. Att behandla
varandra så. Som man önskar
att alla ska behandla varandra.
Nästan i bitar. Mellan det man
befinner sig i.

© 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.

Close

Everything there is alike. One

Everything there is alike. One
cannot break that
form. Of water which
absorbs everything. The
magnetic rag. To treat
each other the way. One wishes
everyone to treat each other.
Almost in pieces. Between wherein one
finds oneself.

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

Everything there is alike. One

Everything there is alike. One
cannot break that
form. Of water which
absorbs everything. The
magnetic rag. To treat
each other the way. One wishes
everyone to treat each other.
Almost in pieces. Between wherein one
finds oneself.

© 2014, Pamela Robertson-Pearce

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