Poem

Ann Jäderlund

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That which is in the water. But is not

That which is in the water. But is not
the water. Which the water does not
feel. But which is the water
from inside. Which no-one feels.
But is everything from inside. Which
body does not exist. Not scent hearing. Sight
or speech. And is not
transient.

© Translation: 2014, Pamela Robertson-Pearce

Wat in het water is. Maar niet

Wat in het water is. Maar niet
het water is. Wat het water niet
kent. Maar het water
van binnenuit is. Wat niemand kent.
Maar alles van binnenuit is. Wat
niet bestaat. Waarvan het lichaam niet
bestaat. Geen reuk gehoor. Gezicht
noch spraak. En niet
vergankelijk is.

© Vertaling: 2014, Lisette Keustermans

Det som är i vattnet. Men inte
är vattnet. Som vattnet inte
känner. Men som är vattnet
inifrån. Som ingen känner.
Men är allting inifrån. Som
inte finns. Vars kropp inte
finns. Inte doft hörsel. Syn
eller tal. Och inte är
förgängligt.

© 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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That which is in the water. But is not

That which is in the water. But is not
the water. Which the water does not
feel. But which is the water
from inside. Which no-one feels.
But is everything from inside. Which
body does not exist. Not scent hearing. Sight
or speech. And is not
transient.

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

That which is in the water. But is not

That which is in the water. But is not
the water. Which the water does not
feel. But which is the water
from inside. Which no-one feels.
But is everything from inside. Which
body does not exist. Not scent hearing. Sight
or speech. And is not
transient.

© 2014, Pamela Robertson-Pearce

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