{"id":17683,"date":"2015-03-31T13:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-03-31T17:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/?p=17683"},"modified":"2015-07-23T16:12:09","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T20:12:09","slug":"or-blows-to-produce-a-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulboccaccio.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/31\/or-blows-to-produce-a-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Or Blows to Produce a Note"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>En Vinternatt<\/strong><br \/>\nStormen s\u00c3\u00a4tter sin mun till huset<br \/>\n   och bl\u00c3\u00a5ser f\u00c3\u00b6r att f\u00c3\u00a5 ton.<br \/>\nJag sover oroligt, v\u00c3\u00a4nder mig, l\u00c3\u00a4ser<br \/>\n   blundande stormens text.<\/p>\n<p>Men barnets \u00c3\u00b6gon \u00c3\u00a4r stora i m\u00c3\u00b6rkret<br \/>\n   och stormen den gnyr f\u00c3\u00b6r barnet.<br \/>\nB\u00c3\u00a5da tycker om lampor som sv\u00c3\u00a4nger.<br \/>\n   B\u00c3\u00a5da \u00c3\u00a4r halvv\u00c3\u00a4gs mot spr\u00c3\u00a5ket.<\/p>\n<p>Stormen har barnsliga h\u00c3\u00a4nder och vingar.<br \/>\n   Karavanen skenar mot Lappland.<br \/>\nOch huset k\u00c3\u00a4nner sin stj\u00c3\u00a4rnbild av spikar<br \/>\n   som h\u00c3\u00a5Iler v\u00c3\u00a4ggarna samman.<\/p>\n<p>Natten \u00c3\u00a4r stilla \u00c3\u00b6ver v\u00c3\u00a5rt golv<br \/>\n   (d\u00c3\u00a4r alIa f\u00c3\u00b6rklingade steg<br \/>\nvilar som sjunkna l\u00c3\u00b6v i en damm)<br \/>\n   men d\u00c3\u00a4rute \u00c3\u00a4r natten vild!<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u2013ver v\u00c3\u00a4rlden g\u00c3\u00a5r en mer allvarlig storm.<br \/>\n   Den s\u00c3\u00a4tter sin mun till v\u00c3\u00a5r sj\u00c3\u00a4l<br \/>\noch bl\u00c3\u00a5ser f\u00c3\u00b6r att f\u00c3\u00a5 ton. Vi r\u00c3\u00a4ds<br \/>\n   att stormen bl\u00c3\u00a5ser oss tomma.<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding-left:20px\"><strong>A Winter Night<\/strong><br \/>\nThe storm puts its mouth to the house<br \/>\nand blows to get a tone.<br \/>\nI toss and turn, my closed eyes<br \/>\nreading the storm&#8217;s text.<\/p>\n<p>The child&#8217;s eyes grow wide in the dark<br \/>\nand the storm howls for him.<br \/>\nBoth love the swinging lamps;<br \/>\nboth are halfway towards speech.<\/p>\n<p>The storm has the hands and wings of a child.<br \/>\nFar away, travellers run for cover.<br \/>\nThe house feels its own constellation of nails<br \/>\nholding the walls together.<\/p>\n<p>The night is calm in our rooms,<br \/>\nwhere the echoes of all footsteps rest<br \/>\nlike sunken leaves in a pond,<br \/>\nbut the night outside is wild.<\/p>\n<p>A darker storm stands over the world.<br \/>\nIt puts its mouth to our soul<br \/>\nand blows to get a tone. We are afraid<br \/>\nthe storm will blow us empty.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&mdash;Tomas Transtr\u00c3\u00b6mer, from The Deleted World: Poems by Tomas Transtr\u00c3\u00b6mer, versions by Robin Robertson<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En Vinternatt Stormen s\u00c3\u00a4tter sin mun till huset och bl\u00c3\u00a5ser f\u00c3\u00b6r att f\u00c3\u00a5 ton. Jag sover oroligt, v\u00c3\u00a4nder mig, l\u00c3\u00a4ser blundande stormens text. Men barnets \u00c3\u00b6gon \u00c3\u00a4r stora i m\u00c3\u00b6rkret och stormen den gnyr f\u00c3\u00b6r barnet. B\u00c3\u00a5da tycker om lampor som sv\u00c3\u00a4nger. B\u00c3\u00a5da \u00c3\u00a4r halvv\u00c3\u00a4gs mot spr\u00c3\u00a5ket. Stormen har barnsliga h\u00c3\u00a4nder och vingar. 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