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Eeva Park

Issanda aastal, anno domini

  • 1 Pikal pingil | Translations: enfisv
  • 2 formica rufa | Translations: enfisv
  • 3 Issanda aastal, anno domini | Translations: deensvfi
  • 4 Kaheksateistrealine luuletus | Translations: sv
  • 5 Objekt | Translations: svenno
  • 6 Surm tuli metsast | Translations: fi
  • 7 ***[Mind topiti kasti...] | Translations: sv
  • 8 ***[meie isa, kes sa ei ole taevas] | Translations: svfide
  • 9 Kutse | Translations: svenfi
  • 10 ***[Riputasin riided varna] | Translations: svfide
  • 11 Tundsin sind ära | Translations: svfi
  • 12 ***[Kui ma kohtan] | Translations: svde
  • 13 Trahv | Translations: svde
  • 14 Ma arvan | Translations: sv
  • 15 Visby | Translations: sv
Language: estonian
Translations: german (Im Jahr des Herrn ), english (In the Year of the Lord), swedish (Herrens år, anno domini), finnish (Herran vuonna 2002)
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Issanda aastal, anno domini

Kogu aeg mõtlen raha peale
Et teda ei ole
Mõõdan mobiilkõnede pikkust
Mitte sisu
Proovin hästi lühidalt ära öelda
ja hakkan ko ko kokutama
Esimest korda elus
Ei saa sõna suust välja
Mõtlen raha peale
Keerutan käes
Viimast hõbedat hoian keele all
et seda oleks kord laugudele panna
kartes et muidu
maetakse silmad pärani
Mõtlen
          kui kalliks seegi veel
                                           läheb
Mõtlen nullist
                       ümmargusest
elu võlasummade taga
Kogu aeg mõtlen

© Eeva Park
From: Homsed uudised
Tallinn: Verb, 2005
Audio production: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus [Estonian Literature Centre]
Categories: social critique / cultural criticism, economy, life & relationship, time

Translations:

Language: german

Im Jahr des Herrn

Die ganze Zeit denk ich ans Geld
Dass man keins hat
Messe die Länge der Telefonate
Nicht den Inhalt
Will mich kurz fassen
und fang fang fange an zu stottern
Erstmals im Leben
kriege ich kein Wort aus dem Mund
Denk ans Geld
Dreh es dreimal um
Den letzten Silberling leg ich unter die Zunge
damit sie ihn auf die Lider legen können
weil ich sonst fürchte
offenen Auges begraben zu werden
Ich denke
          wie teuer mich das noch
                    zu stehen kommt
Denke an die Null
                       die runde
am Ende der Lebensschulden
Fortlaufend denke ich

Aus dem Estnischen von Irja Grönholm
Language: english

In the Year of the Lord

I think about money all the time
That I don’t have any
I measure a mobile phone call’s length
Not its content
I try to be very brief
And I start to st-st-stutter
For the first time in my life
I can’t spit out a word
I think about money
I turn it between my fingers
I hold the last coin under my tongue
So it could be put on my eyelids
Fearing that otherwise
I will be buried with my eyes wide-opened
I think about
              How expensive it will
                                                all be
I think of the zeros
                              the roundness
Of the sum of my life’s debts
I think the whole time

Translated by Jayde Will (from Estonian to English)
Language: swedish

Herrens år, anno domini

Hela tiden tänker jag på pengar
Att det inga finns
Mäter mobilsamtalens längd
Inte innehållet
Försöker vara så kortfattad jag kan
och börjar st st stamma
För första gången i livet
Får jag inte fram ett ord
Tänker på pengarna
Snurrar dem i handen
De sista silvermynten har jag under tungan
så att jag en gång kan lägga dem på ögonen
i fruktan för att annars
bli jordfäst med öppna ögon
Jag tänker
             på hur dyrt också detta
                                         blir

Jag tänker på nollan
             på detta runda
bakom alla skulders summa
Hela tiden tänker jag

Översättning av Peeter Puide
Language: finnish

Herran vuonna 2002

Ajattelen koko ajan rahaa
Että sitä ei ole
Mittaan matkapuhelujen pituutta
En niiden sisältöä
Pyrin puhumaan hyvin lyhyesti
Ja alan änk änk änkyttää
Ensi kertaa elämässä
En saa sanaa suustani
Ajattelen rahaa
Vierittelen kädelläni
Viimeistä hopeista pidän kielen alla
Että sen voisi kerran painaa luomilleni
peläten että muuten
haudataan silmät auki
Ajattelen
            miten kalliiksi sekin vielä
                                                 tulee
Ajattelen nollaa
                         pyöreämuotoista
elämän velkojen perässä
Koko ajan ajattelen

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Eeva Park

photo © Piret Raud
* 09.09.1950, Tallinn, Estonia
lives in: Tallinn, Estonia

Eeva Park was born into a writers' family in 1950 in Tallinn. She made her debut with a poetry collection, Mõrkjas tuul (Acrid Wind, 1983) and has  published altogether seven collections by now. Eeva Park is also the author of plays and short stories. 

Her novel Lõks lõpmatuses (Trap in Infinity, 2003) concentrates on human trafficking and has been translated into German, Norwegian, Finnish and Swedish. In 2014 she was awarded the Finnish translation award for the anthology of 16 poets, 8+8: Estonian and Finnish Poetry.

 photo © Piret Raud
Publications
  • Geeniuste algkursus

    Play, Estonian

    Tallinn: Loomingu Raamatukogu, 2016

  • Lemmikloomade paradiis

    Novel, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2016

  • Oda jälg õhus. Luulet aastatest 1983-2013

    (Collected poetry)

    Poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: NyNorden, 2014

  • Linnujahireeglid

    Poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2012

  • xNovell

    Short stories, Estonian

    Tallinn: NyNorden, 2010

  • Tulearm

    Poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2007

  • Homsed uudised

    Poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Verb, 2005

  • Lõks lõpmatuses

    Novel, Estonian

    Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2003

  • Vaba langemine

    Poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Tänapäev, 2002

  • Absoluutne meister

    Short stories, Estonian

    Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, 2010

  • Tolm ja tuul

    Novel, Estonian

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat; Varrak, 1996, 2002

  • Pääse karussellile

    Short stories, Estonian

    Tallinn: Huma, 2000

  • Öö valgus

    Poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1990

  • Naeru õpilane

    Novel, Estonian

    Tallinn: Kupar, 1998

  • Kaksteist eesti kirja

    Short stories, Estonian

    Tallinn: Perioodika, 1995

  • Mees, kes mäletas elevante

    Short stories, Estonian

    Tallinn: Huma, 1994

  • Hullu Hansu lugu

    Novel, Estonian

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1988

  • Mõrkjas tuul

    Poetry, Estonian

    Tallinn: Eesti Raamat, 1983

  • Palveränd

    Play,Estonian

    Tallinn: Perioodika, 1966

  • The Rules of Bird Hunting

    Translated into English by Jayde Will

    poetry, English

    London: Parthian, 2018

Awards
  • 2014 Kääntäjäkarhu-palkinto

  • 2004 Eduard Vilde Literary Award

  • 1994 Friedebert Tuglas Short Story Award

  • 2016 Elise Rosalie Aun Literary Award

  • 2019 The Annual Award of the Estonian Cultural Endowment

Links
  • Eeva Park @ Estonian Literature Centre

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