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Johanna Venho

Kun ollaan käsittämättömän reunalla

  • 1 Tässä on valo ja hän retkeilee saaristossa | Translations: csendeit
  • 2 Kun ollaan käsittämättömän reunalla | Translations: csenesit
  • 3 Kunpa tietäisin! | Translations: csenit
  • 4 (kehruulaulu) | Translations: csitde
  • 5 Olen kaiken armoilla täällä | Translations: csitde
Language: finnish
Translations: czech (Když jsme na prahu nepochopitelného), english (When we are on the edge of the incomprehensible), spanish (Cuando estamos al borde de lo incomprensible), italian ([Quando siamo sulla soglia dell’incomprensibile])
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Kun ollaan käsittämättömän reunalla

Kun ollaan käsittämättömän reunalla
ei puhuta loogisia ja puhutaan
kaivovedenkirkkaita. Valo sokeltaa,
sähköttää. Kerron sille: sammalikossa
voi vaeltaa ja uneksua, poiketa taloon
vanhenemaan, muuttumaan helläksi.
Mustasta ja valkeasta punottu köysi,
miten paljon kestät niskan katkeamatta.
Valon kädet kietoutuvat kaulalle,
suu korvassa, juhannusruusu rävähtää auki
ja kaivoniityllä on usvaa, joku muinainen kerää
seitsemää kukkaa, vanhenemaan, pehmenemään.
Mustasta ja valkeasta punottu köysi, punottu
seppel, pyöritä, lennätä, kuluvat kohta.
Valo nostaa vedet silmiin, kukka virkistyy
kaivovedessä, kylmät pohjimmaiset, rakkaudet,
lapset, hetki vielä, anna pikkuvauhti, kiik-kaa, kiik-kaa
kaivon reunalla, pidä kaulasta kiinni.

© Johanna Venho
From: Tässä on valo
Helsinki: WSOY, 2009
Audio production: 2010, Kijasto 10 / Helsinki City Library

Translations:

Language: czech

Když jsme na prahu nepochopitelného

Když jsme na prahu nepochopitelného
neříkáme nic logického a říkáme
průzračnosti jako studniční voda. Světlo oslepuje,
elektrizuje. Říkám mu: po mechovém koberci
se dá putovat a snít, odskočit si do domu
zestárnout, zněžnět.
Provaz utkaný z černé a bílé,
jak moc vydržíš, aniž by ti to zlomilo vaz.
Ruce Světla se ovíjejí kolem krku,
ústa těsně u ucha, svatojánská růže se náhle doširoka rozvine
a na louce u studny leží opar, kdosi pradávný trhá
sedmero kvítí, k zestárnutí, změknutí.
Provaz utkaný z černé a bílé, uvitý
věnec, zatoč s ním, hoď, za chvilku zvadnou.
Světlo zaplaví oči, květ ožije
ve studniční vodě, ty chladné až na dně, lásky,
děti, ještě chvilku, trošku mě rozhoupej, hou-py hou,
na okraji studny, drž se kolem krku.

Překlad: Viola Parente-Čapková
Language: english

When we are on the edge of the incomprehensible

When we are on the edge of the incomprehensible
we don’t talk logically and our talk
is as clear as well water. Light mumbles, signals.
I tell him: in the moss you can
wander and dream, pop into a house
to grow old, become tender.
Rope woven of black and of white,
how much can you carry without breaking your back?
Light wraps his arms around my neck,
his mouth is at my ear, the midsummer rose bursts
into blossom and there is mist in the meadow,
an old woman picks seven flowers,
to grow old and soft. Rope woven and garland woven
of black and of white, dance me, fly me, it’s soon over.
Light brings tears to my eyes, the flower revives
in the well water, the coldest, deepest: loveys,
children, just one moment more, give me a little push,
swing-out, swing-back, on the edge of the well,
wrap your arms around my neck.

Translation: Author and Kelly Lenox
Kelly Lenox
Johanna Venho
Language: spanish

Cuando estamos al borde de lo incomprensible

Cuando estamos al borde de lo incomprensible,
no hablamos con lógica y hablamos
con la claridad del agua de un pozo. Luz murmura,
mensajes telegráficos. Le digo: sobre la alfombra de musgo
se puede vagar y soñar, pasar un instante por casa
para envejecer, para enternecerse.
Cuerda trenzada de negro y blanco,
cuánto aguantas sin romperte la nuca.
Las manos de Luz me rodean el cuello,
su boca en mi oreja, la rosa pimpinela se abre de golpe
y en la pradera del pozo flota la niebla, alguien vetusto recoge
siete flores, para envejecer, para ablandar. Cuerda trenzada de negro y
blanco, trenzada guirnalda, baila, vuela, pronto acaba.
Luz me hace saltar lágrimas en los ojos, la flor revive
en el agua del pozo, las frías las más profundas: amores,
niños, un rato más, dame un empujoncito, delante y detrás, delante y
detrás
al borde del pozo, agárrate a mi cuello.

traducción: Luisa Gutiérrez Ruiz
Language: italian

[Quando siamo sulla soglia dell’incomprensibile]

Quando siamo sulla soglia dell’incomprensibile
non diciamo nulla di logico ed esprimiamo
limpidezze come acqua di pozzo. Luce balbetta,
messaggi telegrafici. Gli dico: sul tappeto di musco
si può camminare e sognare, fare un salto a casa
invecchiare, intenerirsi.
La fune intrecciata di nero e di bianco,
quanto riesci a sopportare prima che ti si rompa il collo?
Le mani di Luce gettate intorno al collo,
la bocca vicinissima all’orecchio, la rosa del solstizio d’un tratto dischiusa completamente
e sul prato vicino al pozzo giace la nebbiolina, qualcuno remotissimo coglie
fiori di sette specie, per invecchiare, intenerirsi.
La fune tessuta di nero e di bianco, una ghirlanda
intrecciata, girala, lancia, tra un po’ avvizziscono.
Luce inonda gli occhi, il fiore si rianima
nell’acqua del pozzo, gelidi fino in fondo, gli amori,
i bimbi, ancora un istante, dammi una spinta, avanti, indietro
sul margine del pozzo, tieniti al collo.

Translated by Antonio Parente
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Johanna Venho

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* 03.07.1971, Finland
lives in: , Finland

Johanna Venho (born 1971) is a Finnish poet and a children´s book author. In her poems Venho weaves the everyday, the mythological, and rhyme into a poetry of womanhood and experience. Venho seasons her stanzas with the unique rhythm and sonorousness of rune-songs. Her poetry combines the tradition and the present, showing the miracles in our everyday life. The magical realism is common to her poems. Venho is very talented in connecting the point of view of an adult and a child. She uses natural imagery in multiple ways reflecting inner moods.

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Johanna Venho has studied comparative literature and biology in the universities of Helsinki and Jyväskylä. She teaches writing and also works as a translator. Venho is a former editor-in-chief at Tuli&Savu poetry journal. Her poems have been translated into English, French, Italian, Hungarian, Estonian, Czech and Slovak.

Publications
  • Postia Saturnukseen

    [Poetry]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 1998

  • Ilman karttaa

    [Poetry]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2000

  • Okulus ja yöihmiset

    [Children´s book]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2003

  • Okulus ja Livian talo

    [Children´s book]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2004

  • Yhtä juhlaa

    [Poetry]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2006

  • Okulus ja Omenamökin salaisuus

    [Children´s book]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2006

  • Puolukkavarvas, poetry for small children

    [Children´s book]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2006

  • Okulus ja teatteri Outo

    [Children´s book]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2008

  • Tässä on valo

    [Poetry]

    Helsinki: WSOY, 2009

  • Saaren runot

    Poetry

    Tampere: Palladium, 2017

  • Linnunmaitoa kainalokanoille

    Children´s Poetry

    Lasten Keskus 2015

Awards
  • 2001 Kritiikin kannukset Prize for the Best Literary Debut

  • 2003 Katri Vala Poetry Prize

  • 2003 Arvid Lydecken Prize

  • 2006 Espoo City Cultural Award of the Year

  • 2008 Einari Vuorela Poetry Prize

  • 2012 WSOY Literary Foundation Prize

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