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 

Rema, rema, rema-a

 Sobre todo creo que no todo está perdido.

.

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

In memoriam

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

Sì, viaggiare

Con coraggio, gentilmente, gentilmente, dolcemente viaggiare

Dark

Dark is a way and light is a place

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

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

This too

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

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

Just idag

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

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.

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

'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..

Yo sin ti

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

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.

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

Amarte es un placer

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

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

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

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!"

De weg

Niets wat niet kon
En niets was te veel

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. 

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

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

Love actually

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

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

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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..

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

It's been a long day...

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

.

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.

loesje

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

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

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 ..."  

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Det är omöjligt, sa Tvivlet.

Det är farligt, sa Rädslan.

Det är onödigt, sa Förnuftet.

Prova ändå...viskade Hjärtat.

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

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."

.

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

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

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

An Irish Blessing

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

Hamlet: act 1, scene 2

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

.

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.

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

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."

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.

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

.

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

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

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.  

here's to strong women

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

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

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

mujeeeeres

qué hubiera escrito neruda ?
qué habría pintado picasso?

Keep your head up

God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.

motvind

det är i motvind som draken lyfter.

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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;

life has meaning only in the struggle

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

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.

je reviendrai à montréal

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

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

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"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" 

.

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

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.

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

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.

.

a quien dices tu secreto, das tu libertad.

es war ein stück vom himmel, dass es dich gibt.

Words are words and they mean nothing.

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

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

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.

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. 

William Ernest Henley

"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)

modesty

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

Shakespeare

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 

jack kerouac: on the road

i was having a wonderful time and the whole world opened up before me because i had no dreams.

mors dag

Ingen kan älska mig såsom mor,
Ingen kan så försaka,
Kunde jag, kunde jag blott en gång
Skänka dig det tillbaka!
Mor, liIla mor, vem är väl som du?
Ingen på hela jorden.

"Maybe Christmas", he thought, "doesn't come from a store."
"Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more!"

the road not taken

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference. Robert Frost

liars lie

Losers lose, winners win;
Cheaters cheat, singers sing.
Dreamers dream, cryers cry;
Fools believe, and Liars Lie.

bendito dios por encontrarnos en el camino

Bendito el lugar, y el motivo de estar ahí,
Bendita la coincidencia,
Bendito el reloj, que nos puso puntual ahí,
Bendita sea tu presencia.

maná: bendita tu luz

tomorrow i'll be gone

Save tonight
and fight the break of dawn
Come tomorrow
tomorrow I'll be gone

eagle eye cherry: save tonight

romeo & juliet

I can't do the talk, like the talk on TV
And I can't do a love song, like the way it's meant to be.
I can't do everything, but I'll do anything for you.
I can't do anything, 'cept be in love with you!
And all I do is miss you and the way we used to be.
All I do is keep the beat... and bad company.
Now all I do is kiss you through the bars of a rhyme,
Juliet, I'd do the stars with you any time!

dire straits: romeo and juliet

om lidt

om lidt bli’r her stille
om lidt er det forbi
fik du set det du ville
fik du hört din melodi
om lidt, om lidt
er vi borte
vi ses måske igen

kim larsen

for god's sake hold your tongue, and let me love

The blowing of the wind and the slight drizzle,
With the environment so romantic and the meet so little.
I want to be with her and loose not a minute,
As the moment might be gone.

john donne

falla fritt

vad ska jag skriva, för att du ska bli berörd
hur högt ska jag skrika,
varje gång jag vill bli hörd

melissa horn: falla fritt

time on my hands could be time spent with you

don't wish it away
don't look at it like it's forever

elton john - i guess that's why they call it the blues

god blessed the broken road

Every long lost dream led me to where you are
Others who broke my heart, they were like northern stars
Pointing me on my way into your loving arms
This much I know is true

That God blessed the broken road
That led me straight to you
Yes He did

(rascall flatts: bless the broken road)

and thou, who tell'st me to forget

Away! we know that tears are vain,
That death nor heeds nor hears distress:
Will this unteach us to complain?
Or make one mourner weep the less?
And thou - who tell'st me to forget,
Thy looks are wan, thine eyes are wet.

Oh! snatched away in beauty's bloom - Lord Byron

help me to carry the fire

Help me to carry the fire
We will keep it alight together
Help me to carry the fire
It will light our way forever

Editors - No Sound but the Wind

there I just said it

I want you so bad I'll go back on the things I believe
there I just said it
I'm scared you'll forget about me

John Mayer - Edge Of Desire

Crossing the Bar

Sunset and evening star,
And one clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar,
When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,
Too full for sound and foam,
When that which drew from out the boundless deep
Turns again home

Twilight and evening bell,
And after that the dark!
And may there be no sadness of farewell,
When I embark;

For though from out our bourne of Time and Place
The flood may bear me far,
I hope to see my Pilot face to face
When I have crossed the bar.

(Alfred Tennyson)

Var inte rädd för mörkret

Var inte rädd för mörkret,
ty ljuset vilar där.
Vi ser ju inga stjärnor,
där intet mörker är.

I ljusa irisringen
du bär en mörk pupill,
ty mörkt är allt som ljuset
med bävan längtar till.

Var inte rädd för mörkret,
ty ljuset vilar där,
var inte rädd för mörkret,
som ljusets hjärta bär.

Erik Blomberg

vitae summa brevis spem nos vetat incohare longam

They are not long, the days of wine and roses;
Out of a misty dream
Our path emerges for a while, then closes
Within a dream.

(Ernest Dowson 1867-1900)

i just call you mine

i fall apart and just a word from you somehow seems to fix
whatever's wrong, you reach into the weakest moments
and remind me that i'm strong, you've gotta know
i'd be a fool to not see, or even worse,
to forget that you're more than i deserved