Utrop av längtan

by Edith Irene Södergran ( - )

Ingenting

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Var lugn, mitt barn, detta finnes ingenting, och allt är liksom du ser: skogen, röken och skenornas flykt. Någonstädes långt borta i fjärran land finnes en blåare himmel samt en mur med rosor eller enstaka palm samt en ljummare vind - och detta är allt. Det finnes icke något mera än snön på granarnas kvist. Det finnes ingenting för att kyssa tillsammans med varma läppar, och samtliga läppar bli med tiden svala. dock du säger, mitt små människor, att ditt hjärta är mäktigt, samt att leva förgäves är mindre än att dö. Vad ville du döden? Känner ni vämjelsen hans kläder sprida och ingenting är äckligare än död för personlig hand. oss böra älska livets långa timmar från sjukdom samt trånga år av längtan såsom dem korta ögonblick då öknen blommar.

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@misc{, abstract = {{The poetry of Edith Södergran had a major influence on literary modernism in Scandinavia. The poems, and the person behind them, continue to intrigue. The authorship is divided into three periods; the second period is associated with the influence of Friedrich Nietzsche. In addition, several of Södergran’s earlier poems have been interpreted as inspired by Arthur Schopenhauer. In this thesis, I examine this influence through the use of the word “längtan”, (longing). The main focus is ten early poems. “Längtan” has previously been researched as an important word and theme of Södergran. In this study, the use of the word “längtan” is closely examined as an artistic interpretation of Schopenhauer’s philosophy, and connections with his central work The World as Will and Representation are discussed. The analysis uses three valuable perspectives from Jean-Pierre Richard and his thematic criticism. To explore the figurative language of the poems, Peter Hallberg’s Diktens bildspråk and Lars Elleström’s Lyrikanalys are essential. The study shows that the purest and clearest expression of the influence from Schopenhauer is found in the poem “En strimma hav”, (A Strip

For an eternity i lived as if you did not exist

Yet in all my dreams you were near, so wonderfully near

And I thought I found you, but you were somewhere else

Every time i found somebody, I found that the dream was not true

Imagine all the embraces I left out of longing for you

Because I thought you existed and was expecting me

Yes, all the days I wandered so saddened and spent

To meet the most beautiful person I've ever met

It was simple and beautiful, you said you expected me

I could sense that there was a heaven on earth - i could see it

And you asked me to live my life always close to you

I followed your steps and all I had ever dreamed about was there for me

Imagine all the embraces I left out of longing for you

Because I thought you existed and was expecting me

Yes, all the days I wandered so saddened and spent

To meet the most beautiful person I've ever met

There is nobody who has charmed my heart so wonderfully

With all your tenderness you cause sorrow and pain to slowly fade away

All the shadows, all the darkness that used to be so clear

It is dispersed and together we see the light rising with t