Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Grubbel

Det är så erbarmligt lite

en människa kan forstå.

Man skulle ej grubbla och tänka

men tänker och grubblar ändå.

Och dagarna fogas till veckor,

veckorna fogas till år.

Man skulle ej snärjas av grubbel

så hastigt som livet går. 

Nils Ferlin (Från mitt ekorrhjul, 1957) 

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Bienvenida

I knew I loved you before I met you. 

Sunday, May 14, 2023

.

 Bei dir ist gut anlehnen

Glück im Überfluss

Thursday, March 09, 2023

Yo te esperaba

 Yo te esperaba

Imaginando a ciegas el color de tu mirada

Y el timbre de tu voz

Muerta de miedo

Le rogaba al cielo que te deje llegar lejos

Mucho más que yo

Thursday, January 19, 2023

Society

 Oh, it's a mystery to me

We have a greed, with which we have agreedAnd you think you have to want more than you needUntil you have it all you won't be free

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Middlemarch

”for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”

Tuesday, October 04, 2022

"Hope" is the thing with feathers

 “Hope” is the thing with feathers -

That perches in the soul -
And sings the tune without the words -
And never stops - at all -

And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -

I’ve heard it in the chillest land -
And on the strangest Sea -
Yet - never - in Extremity,
It asked a crumb - of me.

Wednesday, August 24, 2022

Sammanträdaren

Latmasken sammanträder

Han pratar vind och väder.
Han hyvlar inga bräder.
Han garvar inget läder.
Han sömmar inga kläder.
Han bygger inga städer.
Han hedrar inga fäder.
Han sammanträder.

Ur ”Underfund” 1972, Alf Henriksson

Friday, June 24, 2022

.

they don't really give a damn about life

they just don't want a woman to

control her body or have the right to choose

but baby that ain't nothin

they just want a male finger on the button

because if you say war they will send them to die by the score

Saturday, June 18, 2022

Geseignet seist du

Ich trag' Dich am Herzen 

Du trägst meine Schmerzen 

Tuesday, May 03, 2022

.

 Klarare,

För varje dag blir vädret klarare.

Vi klarar det,

För varje dag blir den saken klarare.

Monday, May 02, 2022

.

 Morning has broken like the first morning, Blackbird has spoken like the first bird, Praise for the singing, praise for the morning, Praise for them springing fresh from the world


Saturday, January 22, 2022

¿Que el tren se nos marcha? Más corre la vida.

 Y cuando logramos 

dominar la prisa

y sentirnos libres 

de esa angustia viva, 

¡qué lindo ir despacio 

por entre la prisa!

Thursday, November 11, 2021

Remembrance Day

 They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old;

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them. 

Thursday, July 01, 2021

Ovan molnen

Det sägs att ovan molnen är himlen alltid blå

Men det kan var svårt att tro när man inte ser den

Och det sägs att efter regnet kommer solen fram igen

Friday, June 11, 2021

Suerte

 Suerte que en el sur hayas nacido

Y que burlemos las distancias,

Suerte que es haberte conocido

Y por ti amar tierras extrañas

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Om lidt

 Om lidt blir her stille

Om lidt er det forbi

Thursday, April 29, 2021

You'll never walk alone

When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of a storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on
With hope in your heart

And you'll never walk alone 

Monday, April 26, 2021

Guess we'll never know

I'll love you 'till the end - forever and a day 

Saturday, April 03, 2021

Wildflowers

 I have seen no other 

Who compares with you 



Wednesday, March 03, 2021

No sound but the wind

Help me to carry the fire
To keep it alight together
Help me to carry the fire
This road won't go on forever 

Friday, September 25, 2020

Rema, rema, rema-a

 Sobre todo creo que no todo está perdido.

Tuesday, August 11, 2020

.

 Efter dagen följer natten, som den alltid gör, och varje natt utför ett löfte om att en ny dag snart gryr. 

Sunday, December 29, 2019

In memoriam

En ängel flög förbi
Mot himmelen så fri
Men hon lämnade sitt leende, på vår jord
Som en sol som värmer oss

Monday, May 06, 2019

Sì, viaggiare

Con coraggio, gentilmente, gentilmente, dolcemente viaggiare

Monday, April 01, 2019

Dark

Dark is a way and light is a place

Thursday, February 14, 2019

somethin' you get through

It's not somethin' you get over
But it's somethin' you get through
It's not ours to be taken
It's just a thing we get to do

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

Don't rush it

But mama said

You can't hurry love
No, you just have to wait
She said love don't come easy
It's a game of give and take

Sunday, August 19, 2018

This too

There's nothing more to it, 
I just get through it 

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Figure it out

I've gotta carry my cross without you
Stuck in the middle and I'm just about to
Figure it out without you

Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Just idag

Just idag är jag stark
Just idag mår jag bra
Jag har tron på mig själv på min sida

Friday, March 23, 2018

Vilseskog

Det är ett kval att gå vilse,
ett annat att vandra tillbaka
till det förvänt och tillgjort vanda.
Det pågår alltid inom oss
en hemlig strid
om glädjens art och
sorgernas sortering.

Saturday, January 20, 2018

High tide or in low tide, I'll be by your side

God guide and protect us
When we're wrong, please correct us (when we're wrong, correct us)
And stand by me
In high seas or in low seas
I'm gonna be your friend

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

'Til the river runs dry

So don't you sit upon the shoreline
And say you're satisfied
Choose to chance the rapids
And dare to dance the tide..

Sunday, August 06, 2017

Yo sin ti

Es que yo sin ti, y tú sin mí 
Dime quién puede ser feliz 

Monday, July 24, 2017

The Fault in Our Stars

Without pain, how could we know joy?' This is an old argument in the field of thinking about suffering and its stupidity and lack of sophistication could be plumbed for centuries but suffice it to say that the existence of broccoli does not, in any way, affect the taste of chocolate.

Friday, April 28, 2017

Landslide

Well, I've been afraid of changin'
'Cause I built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Children get older
And I'm getting older too

Sunday, April 09, 2017

Amarte es un placer

El vino es mejor en tu boca 
te amo es más tierno en tu voz 

Saturday, April 08, 2017

Unanswered prayers

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers
Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs
That just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care
Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

Tuesday, April 04, 2017

In memoriam

An honest man here lies at rest
As e'er God with his image blest;
The friend of man, the friend of truth,
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd,
Few heads with knowledge so informed:
If there's another world, he lives in bliss;
If there is none, he made the best of this.

I wasn't expecting that

What did I get right to deserve somebody like you?
I wasn't expecting that

Tuesday, May 03, 2016

Ur Ett halvt ark papper

"Han var icke böjd när han gick ut; han bar tvärtom sitt huvud högt, som en lycklig och stolt människa, ty han kände att han dock ägt det skönaste. Hur många arma som aldrig fått det!"

Sunday, April 24, 2016

De weg

Niets wat niet kon
En niets was te veel

Thursday, March 17, 2016

It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday

And I'll take with me the memories 
To be my sunshine after the rain 
It's so hard to say goodbye to yesterday. 

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Es ist was es ist.

Es ist Unsinn
sagt die Vernunft
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist Unglück
sagt die Berechnung
Es ist nichts als Schmerz
sagt die Angst
Es ist aussichtslos
sagt die Einsicht
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe
Es ist lächerlich
sagt der Stolz
Es ist leichtsinnig
sagt die Vorsicht
Es ist unmöglich
sagt die Erfahrung
Es ist was es ist
sagt die Liebe

- Erich Fried

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Så længe skuden kan gå...

Så længe skuden kan gå
så længe hjertet kan slå
så længe solen den blinker
på bølgerne blå
er der så mer' du vil nå
nej prøv engang at forstå
at der er mange som aldrig
et lysglimt kan få


Og hvem har sagt
du ska' ta' det for givet
er der for dig kun er lykke i livet
hver gang en dag den er endt
og stjernerne bliver tændt
så tænk på alle de dejlige ting som er hændt

Monday, January 04, 2016

Love actually

It's my favourite time of day, driving you 
- É a parte mais triste do meu dia, deixar-te. 

Friday, December 18, 2015

Himlen runt hörnet

Som om himlens
alla små stjärnor
Sjöng för mig, sjöng för dig
I en underbar refräng
Du är himlen
runt hörnet för mig

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

.

Vivir es saber estar solo para aprender a estar en compañía.
Para mí vivir es no tener prisa, contemplar las cosas, prestar oído a las cuitas ajenas, sentir curiosidad y compasión, no decir mentiras, compartir con los vivos un vaso de vino o un trozo de pan, acordarse con orgullo de la lección de los muertos, no permitir que nos humillen o nos engañen, no contestar ni que si ni que no sin haber contado antes hasta cien como hacia el pato Donald..

Friday, November 27, 2015

halt' mich, nur ein bisschen

Bin vor Freude außer mir
Will langsam mit dir untergehn
Kopflos, sorglos, schwerelos in dir verliern
Deck' mich zu mit zärtlichkeiten
Nimm' mich im Sturm, die Nacht ist kurz
Friedvoll, liebestoll, überwältigt von dir
Schön, dass es dich gibt

Saturday, November 21, 2015

It's been a long day...

And I'll tell you all about it when I see you again. 

Wednesday, November 11, 2015

.

Aber jeder Schatten ist im letzen doch auch Kind des Lichts, und nur wer Helles und Dunkles, Krieg und Frieden, Aufstieg und Niedergang erfahren, nur der hat wahrhaft gelebt.

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

loesje

misschien ben je niet 
mijn wederhelft 
rots in de branding 
m'n zielsverwant 
prins op het witte paard 
maar je bent wel lief 

Thursday, October 08, 2015

Looking back on the memory of...

And now I'm glad I didn't know
The way it all would end the way it all would go
Our lives are better left to chance

I could have missed the pain
But I'd have had to miss the dance

Thursday, October 01, 2015

Grapes of Wrath

"They's a time of change, an' when that comes, dyin' is a piece of all dyin' and bearin' is a piece of all bearin', an' bearin' an' dyin' is two pieces of the same thing. An' then things ain't lonely any more. An' then a hurt don't hurt so bad, 'cause it ain't a lonely hurt no more ..."  

Saturday, September 26, 2015

.

Det är omöjligt, sa Tvivlet.

Det är farligt, sa Rädslan.

Det är onödigt, sa Förnuftet.

Prova ändå...viskade Hjärtat.

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Zusammen mit dir ist mir alles total egal

Alles einfach nur schön, ich spür die Lust in mir
Sofort durchzudrehen, und alles wegen Dir
Du bist der beste Dirigent für mein Instrument
Du machst mich schier verrückt, was will ich mehr
Als dass Du da bist
Du bist Glück, Du bringst mich in Verzückung

Sunday, September 06, 2015

Careful where you stand - Coldplay

I feel safe
I feel warm
When you're here, and I do no wrong
I am cured, when I'm by you're side
I'm alright, I'm alright 

.

"La musica ceso despues de la media noche, el bullicio de los pasajeros se disperso y se deshizo en susurros dormidos, y los dos corazones se quedaron solos en el mirador en sombras, viviendo al compas de los resuellos del buque."

Sunday, August 23, 2015

.

Jag saknar hans humor, som var hans sigill
Den som la grunden för att jag finns till

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Forever My Friend

Maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right
Maybe it's the last thing you want to hear me say
I just think if we keep out hearts together
I just think if we build on this trust that we have for one another
Maybe we can make this last a lifetime
Forever my friend
Forever my love

Monday, August 10, 2015

P

I'm miles from where you are
I lay down on the cold ground
And I, I pray that something picks me up
And sets me down in your warm arms

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

An Irish Blessing

Och tills vi möts igen - må Gud hålla dig i sin hand

Friday, May 22, 2015

Hamlet: act 1, scene 2

He was a man. Take him for all in all. I shall not look upon his like again.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

.

If a thing is worth doing, it is worth doing well. If it is worth having, it is worth waiting for. If it is worth attaining, it is worth fighting for. If it is worth experiencing, it is worth putting aside time for.

Thursday, May 07, 2015

Alive in the age of worry

Know your fight is not with them
Yours is with your time here
Dream your dreams but don't pretend
Make friends with what you are

Saturday, May 02, 2015

Caitlin Moran/How to Build a Girl

"And when you are being kissed like this, you are Christmas Day, you are the Moon Shot; you are field larks. My shoes were suddenly worth a million pounds, and my breath was the ethyl in champagne. When someone kisses you like this, you are the point of everything."

Monday, April 27, 2015

I folkviseton

Kärleken är så förunderligt stark
kuvas av intet i världen.
Rosor slår ut ur den hårdaste mark
som sol över mörka gärden.

Mitt hjärta är ditt,
ditt hjärta är mitt
och aldrig jag lämnar det åter.
Min lycka är din,
din lycka är min
och gråten är min när du gråter.

Sunday, April 12, 2015

Ed Sheeran: Thinking Out Loud

Take me into your loving arms
Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars
Place your head on my beating heart
I'm thinking out loud
That maybe we found love right where we are

Monday, April 06, 2015

.

Wenn Trauerwolken Dich bedrohen
Schiebe ich sie beiseite
Geh jeden schweren Schritt mit Dir
Werd Dich immer begleiten

Sunday, March 22, 2015

lovely day

When the day that lies ahead of me
Seems impossible to face
When someone else instead of me
Always seems to know the way
Then I look at you
And the world's alright with me
Just one look at you
And I know it's gonna be
A lovely day

Monday, March 16, 2015

not everything...

Not everything is supposed to become something beautiful and long-lasting. Sometimes people come into your life to show you what is right and what is wrong, to show you who you can be, to teach you to love yourself [...] Not everyone is going to stay forever, and we still have to keep on going and thank them for what they’ve given us.

Emery Allen.  

Sunday, March 15, 2015

here's to strong women

may we know them.
may we be them.
may we raise them.

Saturday, March 14, 2015

count my blessings

I've got love and assurance
I've got new health insurance
And I've got strength and endurance
So I count my blessings

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

l'amour, non?

Il n'y a point de déguisement qui puisse longtemps cacher l'amour où il est, ni le feindre où il n'est pas.

- francoise de la rouchefoucauld

Sunday, March 08, 2015

mujeeeeres

qué hubiera escrito neruda ?
qué habría pintado picasso?

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Keep your head up

God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.

Tuesday, September 09, 2014

motvind

det är i motvind som draken lyfter.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells; Rise up—for you the flag is flung—for you the bugle trills; For you bouquets and ribboned wreaths—for you the shores a-crowding; For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

Thursday, May 22, 2014

life has meaning only in the struggle

triumph or defeat is in the hands of the gods. so let us celebrate the struggle.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

tomorrow is a new day

Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Friday, April 04, 2014

je reviendrai à montréal

Je reviendrai à Montréal
Dans un grand Bœing bleu de mer
Je reviendrai à Montréal
Me marier avec l'hiver

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

In memoriam

Ring out the old, ring in the new 
Ring happy bells, across the snow
This year is going, let him go
Ring out the false, ring in the true

Thursday, December 26, 2013

.

"den som förspillde tid på att undra, vad annat folk tyckte och tänkte om vad han gjorde, han fick inte något uträttat här i världen" 

Saturday, October 05, 2013

.

but i lived through it. and it made me who i am today.

Wednesday, October 02, 2013

til ettertanke

Om jeg vil lykkes
med å føre et menneske mot et bestemt mål
må jeg først finne det, der det er
og begynne akkurat der


Den som ikke kan det
lurer seg selv
når han tror han hjelper andre

For å hjelpe noen
må jeg imidlertid forstå mer enn hva han gjør
med først og fremst
forstå det han forstår

Om jeg ikke kan det
så hjelper det ikke at jeg kan og vet mer


Vil jeg allikevel vise hvor mye jeg kan
så er det fordi jeg er forfengelig og hovmodig
og egentlig vil bli beundret av den andre
istedenfor å hjelpe han


All ekte hjelpsomhet
begynner med ydmykhet for den jeg vil hjelpe
og dermed må jeg forstå
at det å hjelpe
ikke er å ville herske
men å ville tjene


Kan jeg ikke dette, så kan jeg heller
ikke hjelpe noen

 
Kierkegaard, S. (1851) Om min forfattervirksomed 1: Samlede Verker, bind 18.

Monday, April 22, 2013

från en stygg flicka

Jag hoppas du inte alls har det bra. 
Jag hoppas du ligger vaken som jag 
och känner dig lustigt glad och rörd 
och yr och ängslig och mycket störd. 
Och rätt som det är, så får du brått 
att lägga dig rätt för att sova gott. 
Jag hoppas det dröjer en liten stund... 
Jag hoppas du inte får en blund!

k. boye

Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Ja visst gör det ont (karin boye)

Ja visst gör det ont när knoppar brister.
Varför skulle annars våren tveka?
Varför skulle all vår heta längtan  
bindas i det frusna bitterbleka?
Höljet var ju knoppen hela vintern.
Vad är det för nytt, som tär och spränger?
Ja visst gör det ont när knoppar brister,
ont för det som växer
                              och det som stänger.

Ja nog är det svårt när droppar faller.
Skälvande av ängslan tungt de hänger,
klamrar sig vid kvisten, sväller, glider  -
tyngden drar dem neråt, hur de klänger.
Svårt att vara oviss, rädd och delad,
svårt att känna djupet dra och kalla,
ändå sitta kvar och bara darra  -
svårt att vilja stanna
                              och vilja falla.

Då, när det är värst och inget hjälper,
Brister som i jubel trädets knoppar.
Då, när ingen rädsla längre håller,
faller i ett glitter kvistens droppar
glömmer att de skrämdes av det nya
glömmer att de ängslades för färden  -
känner en sekund sin största trygghet,
vilar i den tillit
                              som skapar världen.

Sunday, April 14, 2013

.

a quien dices tu secreto, das tu libertad.

Friday, April 05, 2013

es war ein stück vom himmel, dass es dich gibt.
Words are words and they mean nothing.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Ich kann nicht mehr seh'n
Trau nicht mehr meinen Augen
Kann kaum noch glauben
Gefühle haben sich gedreht

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

brauch...

niemand, der nie da ist
wenn man ihn am nötigsten hat
wenn man nach luft schnappt, auf dem trocknen schwimmt
laß mich los, laß mich in ruhe
damit das ein ende nimmt

Friday, March 15, 2013

für dich

Für dich schiebe ich die Wolken weiter,
sonst siehst du den Sternenhimmel nicht.
Für dich dreh' ich so lang an der Erde,
bis du wieder bei mir bist.
Für dich mach ich jeden Tag unendlich,
für dich bin ich noch heller als das Licht.
Für dich wein' und schrei und lach und leb ich,
und das alles nur für dich.

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Invictus

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul. 

Monday, November 26, 2012

"The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them-words shrink things that seemed limitless when they were in your head to no more than living size when they're brought out. But it's more than that, isn't it? The most important things lie too close to wherever your secret heart is buried, like landmarks to a treasure your enemies would love to steal away. And you may make revelations that cost you dearly only to have people look at you in a funny way, not understanding what you've said at all, or why you thought it was so important that you almost cried while you were saying it. That's the worst, I think. When the secret stays locked within not for want of a teller but for want of an understanding ear." (Different Seasons by Stephen King, 1982)

Friday, November 23, 2012

modesty

Have more than thou showest,
Speak less than thou knowest.

Shakespeare

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

THAT I did always love,
I bring thee proof:
That till I loved
I did not love enough.
  
That I shall love alway,       
I offer thee
That love is life,
And life hath immortality.
  
This, dost thou doubt, sweet?
Then have I     
Nothing to show
But Calvary.
Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed.

moving on

Heart, we will forget him!
You and I, tonight!
You may forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.

When you have done, pray tell me
That I my thoughts may dim;
Haste! lest while you're lagging.
I may remember him!

emily dickinson