Songs of Something Else: Selected Poems of Gunnar Ekelof [Course Book ed.] 9781400856237

Translators Leonard Nathan and James Larson present seventy-five poems from Gunnar Ekelof's middle phase (1938-1959

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English Pages 184 [183] Year 2014

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
A Note on Swedish Pronunciation
Introduction
1938
1941–1951
1955–1959
Notes to Poems
The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation

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Songs of Something Else

The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation

Editorial Adviser, JOHN FREDERICK NIMS For the list of titles in the Lockert Library, see page 167

SONGS·OF SOMETHING · ELSE Selected Poems of GUNNAR · EKELOF

Translated by LEONARD NATHAN and JAMES LARSON

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS

Copyright © 1982 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey In the United Kingdom: Princeton University Press, Guildford, Surrey All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data will be found on the last printed page of this book The Lockert Library of Poetry in Translation is supported by a bequest from Charles Lacy Lockert (1888-1974) This book has been composed in Linotron Galliard Clothbound editions of Princeton University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and binding materials are chosen for strength and durability Printed in the United States of America by Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey

Contents

Preface A Guide to Pronunciation

xi xiii

Introduction

3

1938 Elegi E l e gy Minnas 1 Pd bron 2 (Med mast av en gardsgdrdsstor) To Remember 1 On the bridge 2 (With a stake for a mast) Station Station

24 25 26 26 28 27 27 29 30 31

Stappskiss Sketch from the steppes Coda Coda

30 31 22 23

Tag och skriv 1-5 Write It Down 1-5 1 Om livet 1 Of life 3 Du sager "jag" 3 You say "I"

1941-1951

36 37 35 37 36

37

4 Den skonhet 4 The beauty

38 39

5 Jungfruns angslan 5 The virgin's fear

42 43

v

En varld ar varje manniska Everyone is a world

44 45

Elegi Elegy

46 47

Den som inte hoppas He who does not hope

48 49

Elegi Elegy

50 51

Absentia animi Absentia animi Ni krymplingar You cripples

52 53 58 59

Anm. till Dedikation A remark on "Dedication"

60 61

Till Dedikation To "Dedication"

62 63

Enquete Interview

64 65

Non Serviam Non Serviam

66 67

Marsch March

68 69

Det ar trappstegen There are the steps

70 71

Gymnosofisten The gymnosophist

70 71

Eufori Euphoria

74 75

Melancholia Melancholia

76 77

En drom (verklig) A dream (real)

78 79

En verklighet (dromd) A reality (dreamed)

82 83 86 87

En ros frln Allmag (ballad) A rose from Allmag (ballad)

94 95 94 95 96 97 100 101 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 106 107 106 107 108 109 108 109

GobeHmg Gobelins Dordogne Dordogne Raga Malkos Raga Malkos Diana Diana Vandrare Wanderer Jag horde vildgass I heard wild geese Rondel Ronde! Mlllat p