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Veronika Kivisilla

***[Olime suureliselt kokku leppinud]

  • 1 MEELDIVAT PÄEVAJÄTKU! | Translations: no
  • 2 Paul | Translations: no
  • 3 ***[Olen kodus ja ootan jumalat] | Translations: en
  • 4 ***[Lebades jäägitult rannal] | Translations: no
  • 5 ***[Vana mees] | Translations: enfifrnl
  • 6 LIIGA HEA JOODIK | Translations: enfrnl
  • 7 TÜTRELE, MINU NOORKUULE | Translations: noende
  • 8 ***[Ma räägin unelmate magamistoast] | Translations: enfifrnl
  • 9 ***[Öö süütab kastanil küünlad] | Translations: noenlt
  • 10 ***[Kõige suurem ja kurvem] | Translations: deenfrnlno
  • 11 ***[Mu kõrval bussis] | Translations: deenfrno
  • 12 ***[Olime suureliselt kokku leppinud] | Translations: deenfrno
  • 13 ***[Üks mu lapsepõlve kallisasi] | Translations: deenfrno
Language: estonian
Translations: german (***[Wir hatten einander hoch und heilig versprochen]), english (***[We'd haughtily agreed]), french (***[Nous avions décidé avec orgueil]), norwegian (***[Vi hadde storlåte kome til semje])
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***[Olime suureliselt kokku leppinud]

Olime suureliselt kokku leppinud
et teineteisesse ei puutu
lausudes tähenduslikult
meie elektriga ei mängi

kuid läbi tunneli tulles
vanalinnast rongi peale
ma libastusin
ja haarasin korraks su käe
et pind päriselt
jalge alt ei läeks

murdsekundiks sähvatas
tunneliseintelt vastu
hele elekter
reetliku murdigaviku
kestis lühis
me pikas keerdus
juhtmepuntras

Written: January 2011
© Veronika Kivisilla
From: Veronica officinalis
Verb, 2012
ISBN: 9789949928101
Audio production: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus [Estonian Literature Centre], 2014
Categories: life & relationship, love

Translations:

Language: german

***[Wir hatten einander hoch und heilig versprochen]

Wir hatten einander hoch und heilig versprochen
dass wir einander nichts angehen
und versprachen einander bedeutungsvoll
dass wir die Finger vom Strom lassen

doch als wir durch den Tunnel rannten
aus der Altstadt zum Zug
da bin ich gestolpert
und habe instinktiv nach deiner Hand gegriffen
damit ich den Boden
nicht ganz unter den Füßen verliere

Für den Bruchteil einer Sekunde
blitzte an den Tunnelwänden
der helle Strom auf
den verräterischen Bruchteil einer Ewigkeit lang
dauerte der Kurzschluss
in unserem großen verworrenen
Kabelsalat

Aus dem Estnischen von Uta Kührt
Language: english

***[We'd haughtily agreed]

We'd haughtily agreed
we'd have nothing to do with each other
saying significantly
that we do not play with electricity

but coming through the tunnel
from Old Town to board a train
I slipped
and clutched your hand for a moment
so that the ground would not really
slip out from under my feet

for a split second, bright electricity
flashed back from
the tunnel walls
the short-circuit lasted
a deceptive split infinity
in our long, coiled
mess of wires

Translated from Estonian by Adam Cullen
Language: french

***[Nous avions décidé avec orgueil]

Nous avions décidé avec orgueil
de ne pas nous toucher
déclarant solennellement
nous ne jouerons pas avec l’électricité

mais en passant dans le tunnel
pour aller prendre le train depuis la vieille ville
j’ai glissé
et me suis accrochée un instant à ton bras
pour que le sol sous mes pieds
ne se dérobe pas complètement

pendant une fraction de seconde
a jailli des murs du tunnel
un éclair blanc
le court-circuit révélateur a duré
une fraction d’éternité
dans notre long écheveau
de câbles emmêlés

Traduit de l’estonien par Antoine Chalvin
Language: norwegian

***[Vi hadde storlåte kome til semje]

Vi hadde storlåte kome til semje
om ikkje å ha med kvarandre å gjere
og djupsindig sagt
at vi ikkje leikar med elektrisk kraft

men gjennom tunnelen
frå gamlebyen til toget
gleid eg og
greip ein augneblink handa di
så ikkje bakken
heilt skulle svikte under meg

eit brøkdels sekund slo gneisten
tilbake frå tunnelveggen
lysande elektrisk
ei brøkdels forræderisk æve
varte kortslutninga
i vårt lange forvridde
leidningsvirvar
 

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Veronika Kivisilla

photo © Karl Martin Sinijärv
* 21.12.1978, Tallinn, Estonia
lives in: Tallinn, Estonia

Veronika Kivisilla (born on December 21, 1978 in Tallinn) has worked as a teacher, composed textbooks and songbooks, has sung and played instruments in several old-style and folk ensembles, and currently works as a project manager at the Estonian Writers' Union.
She has published several collections of poetry and prose poems.

She is the kind of poetess who believes that today, literature must be brought to the reader and the author must read their words aloud.

 photo © Karl Martin Sinijärv
Publications
  • Kallis kalender

    poetry

    Tallinn: Verb, 2011

  • Veronica officinalis

    poetry

    Tallinn: Verb, 2012

  • Cantus Firmus

    poetry

    Tallinn: Näo Kirik, 2015

  • Nimed, sõnad, nõiamärgid: 4x(4+4)x4 = noor eesti luule

    Names, words, witch's symbols : 4x(4+4)x4 = young Estonian poetry

    8 young Estonian poets in 8 languages

    Tallinn: Eesti Kirjanduse Teabekeskus, 2015

  • Kuni armastus peale tuleb

    prose poems

    Tallinn: Hunt, 2018

  • Salutatio!

    poetry

    Tallinn: Verb, 2019

  • Kuni armastus peale tuleb 2.0

    prose poems

    Tallinn: Hunt, 2020

  • Kolm sõlme

    poetry; written together with Adam Cullen and Øyvind Rangøy

    Tallinn: Kolm Sõlme, 2020

  • Helsingi helistikud

    prose poems

    Tallinn: Hunt, 2021

  • Kuni armastus peale tuleb 3.0

    prose poems

    Tallinn: Hunt, 2022

Links
  • Veronika Kivisilla @ Transpoesie 2015

  • Veronika Kivisilla @ Estonian Literature Centre

  • I’m at home awaiting a god

    Video / Estonian Literary Magazine

  • A perfect day by Veronika Kivisilla

    Estonian Literary Magazine

  • La solitude la plus grande et la plus triste..., Veronika Kivisilla lu par Laurent Keller

Video

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