2016-07-04

【The Half-Finished Heaven】

Tomas Tranströmer (1931—2015)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011〗

                 Despondency breaks off its course.

                 Anguish breaks off its course.

                 The vulture breaks off its flight.

                 The eager light strea

2016-07-04

【Allegro】

Tomas Tranströmer (1931—2015)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011〗

         I play Haydn after a black day

         and feel a simple warmth in my hands.

         The keys are willing. Soft hammers strike.

         The resonance green, lively and calm.

         The music says freedom exists

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2016-07-04

【Under Pressure】

Tomas Tranströmer (1931—2015)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011〗

      The blue sky's engine drone is deafening.

      We're living here on a shuddering work-site

      where the ocean depths can suddenly open up -

      shells and telephones hiss.

      You can see beauty only from the side, hastily,

      The dense grain on the field, many colors in a yellow stream.

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2016-07-04

【Open and Closed Spaces】

Tomas Tranströmer (1931—2015)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 2011〗

  A man feels the world with his work like a glove.

  He rests for a while at midday having laid aside the gloves on the shelf.

  There they suddenly grow, spread

  and black-out the whole house from inside.

  The blacked-out house is away out among the winds of spring.

  ‘Amnesty,’ runs the whisper in the grass: ‘amnesty.’

  A boy sprints with an invisible

2016-07-04

【Aiden in English】

        Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, commonly known as the "Venice of the North." Although it is not considered an ideal coastal city because its port is too shallow to accommodate a prominent cruise line like Regal Princess, the drive from the docks of Nynashamn is barely an hour away. Small ships can sail along the Göta Canal and the Baltic Sea to reach Lake Mälaren in the city, which is quite a go