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Olga Ravn

Den Hvide Rose [1 - 19]

  • 1 Den Hvide Rose [1 - 19] | Translations: de
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  • 6 Den Hvide Rose [143 - 153] | Translations: de
Language: danish
Translations: german (Die weiße Rose [1 - 19])
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Den Hvide Rose [1 - 19]

1

Alt
hvad jeg
har gjort for at
beholde dig
blomstrer



2

Alt
hvad jeg
har gjort for at
beholde dig
blomstrer



3

Alt
hvad jeg
har gjort for at
beholde dig
blomstrer



4

Hvorfor er vi ikke
en cigaret der møder
en kugle af pink papir
skod dig i mig
som døden



5

Alt
hvad jeg
har gjor t for at
beholde dig
blomstrer



6

De hvide roser
i haven
lyser og
ønsker
at dø



7

Den syge
læg ger sit
ansig t
fra sig
som en cigaret



8

Hvordan kan den syge
være
syg
et værelse
som et nedslidt spørgsmål



9

Den syge lader sin kærlighed
pible frem
som kalkvand der løber
ned ad et ben
som en vrængen



10

Alle de gaver
som jeg modtog
jeg har været
for forkælet og for
rådden



11

Hvordan kan man elske
den syge
andet end lydigt
det lydige er
en uset blomstring



12

Hvide roser bærer
natten i deres handsker
som vasketøj
mit hjerte er en klud
det ønsker at prostituere sig



13

Hvor går den syge hen
når han går
fra mig
hvor hviler
den hvide rose



14

Rosen
lader sig
styrte mod
din hånds
afgrund



15

Jeg blomstrer
i mørke
jeg har ikke mere
x
x



16

Du falder
ind i sygdom
som en blomst
jeg ønsker ikke
at være mig selv



17

Jeg er lykkelig
og ønsker at dø
x
x
x



18

Du ønsker
at udslette
dig selv i mig
roserne blomstrer
i natten



19

Rosen
er lydig
som en
byrde
x



© Olga Ravn og Gyldendal
Used by the permission of the author
From: Den Hvide Rose
Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2016
Audio production: Haus für Poesie 2018

Translations:

Language: german

Die weiße Rose [1 - 19]

1

Alles, 
was ich
getan habe, um
dich zu halten,
blüht



2

Alles,
was ich
getan habe, um
dich zu halten,
blüht



3

Alles,
was ich
getan habe, um
dich zu halten,
blüht



4

Warum sind wir nicht
eine Zigarette, die einer Kugel
aus pinkem Papier begegnet,
drück dich in mir aus
wie der Tod



5

Alles,
was ich
getan habe, um
dich zu halten,
blüht



6

Die weißen Rosen
im Garten
leuchten und
wollen
sterben



7

Der Kranke
legt sein
Gesicht
ab
wie eine Zigarette



8

Wie kann der Kranke
krank
sein?
ein Zimmer
wie eine abgenutzte Frage



9

Der Kranke lässt seine Liebe
hervorquellen
wie Kalkwasser, das ein Bein
hinunterläuft,
wie eine Grimasse



10

All die Geschenke,
die ich erhielt,
ich bin zu
verwöhnt gewesen und zu
verdorben



11

Wie kann man den Kranken
anders lieben
als gehorsam?
das Gehorsame ist
ein unsichtbares Blühen



12

Weiße Rosen tragen
die Nacht in ihren Handschuhen
wie Wäsche.
mein Herz ist ein Lumpen,
der sich prostituieren will



13

Wohin geht der Kranke,
wenn er fortgeht
von mir?
wo ruht
die weiße Rose?



14

Die Rose
lässt sich
fallen
in den Abgrund
deiner Hand



15

Ich blühe
in Dunkelheit
ich habe nicht mehr
x
x



16

Du fällst
in Krankheit ein
wie eine Blüte.
ich will nicht
ich selbst sein



17

Ich bin glücklich
und will sterben
x
x
x



18

Du willst
dich selbst in mir
auslöschen.
die Rosen blühen
in der Nacht



19

Die Rose
ist gehorsam
wie eine
Bürde
x

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Olga Ravn

photo © Laerke Posselt
* 27.09.1986, Copenhagen, Denmark
lives in: Copenhagen, Denmark

Olga Ravn (born 1986 in Kopenhagen, Denmark) lives in Kopenhagen where she works as a poet and literary critic. Her first collection, the highly-praised Jeg æder mig selv som lyng (I devour myself like heather) was published in early 2012. This collection is primarily concerned with growing up, with the physical feelings involved, the expectations of others around one, with urgent love, sex and forbidden things. These topics are dealt with raw openness and nevertheless sensitivity in carefully constructed forms. Olga Ravn also works as an illustrator.

 photo © Laerke Posselt
Publications
  • Jeg æder mig selv som lyng: pigesind

    (Poems)

    Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2012

  • Mean Girl

    (Poems)

    Private, 2014

  • Jeg ville være enke, og jeg ville være digter: Glemte tekster af Tove Ditlevsen

    Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2015

  • Mean girl (et utvalg)

    in Norwegian Bokmål

    Oslo: Flamme Forlag, 2015

  • Celestine

    (Novel)

    Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2015

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