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Tranströmer, Tomas: Two Cities (Två Städer in English)

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Två Städer (Swedish)

På var sin sida om ett sund, två städer

den ena mörklagd, ockuperad av fienden.

I den andra brinner lamporna.

Den lysande stranden hypnotiserar den mörka.

 

Jag simmar ut i trance

på de glittrande mörka vattnen.

En dov tubastöt tränger in.

Det är en väns röst, tag din grav och gå.



Uploaded byP. T.
Source of the quotationhttp://www.blackbird.vcu.edu

Two Cities (English)

Each on its own side of a strait, two cities

one plunged into darkness, under enemy control.

In the other the lamps are burning.

The luminous shore hypnotizes the blacked-out one.

 

I swim out in a trance

on the glittering dark waters.

A muffled tuba-blast breaks in.

It’s a friend’s voice, take your grave and go.



Uploaded byP. T.
Source of the quotationhttp://www.blackbird.vcu.edu

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