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Ernest Farrés

ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, 1945

  • 1 ALLÒ QUE SAP MÉS GREU | Translations: es
  • 2 CAPE COD SUNSET, 1934 | Translations: enitoc
  • 3 CONSEQÜÈNCIES BONES DEL PAS DEL TEMPS | Translations: esde
  • 4 HOTEL ROOM, 1931 | Translations: enesitocde
  • 5 NIGHT WINDOWS, 1928 | Translations: enitoc
  • 6 QUÈ SE'N PENSA DELS POETES | Translations: esde
  • 7 ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, 1945 | Translations: enesitoc
  • 8 STAIRWAY, 1949 | Translations: ocenesit
  • 9 SUMMER IN THE CITY, 1949 | Translations: enesitoc
  • 10 SUN IN AN EMPTY ROOM, 1963 | Translations: enesitoc
Language: catalan
Translations: english (ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, 1945), spanish (ROOM FOR TOURISTS, 1945), italian (ROOM FOR TOURIST, 1945), occitan (ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, 1945)
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ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, 1945

Quan vas entrar en la meva vida, entrares
no pas silenciosament, sinó
com en aquells imprevistos que et treuen
del conformisme. Tou, sense saber
com resistir-m’hi, vas desfer els grumolls
del meu aguant, esdevingueres l’únic
desideràtum i te’m vas ficar
a dins.
Després passàrem per diversos
avatars i una selva de troballes,
i et vas fer gran. Vas créixer, de manera
exponencial, fins a omplir l’espai
que em fixa i estendre’t pertot arreu.
Tota actuació humana resulta
dubtosa en la seva imperfecció.
Podria enumerar una llarga llista
de motius que em mogueren a un descens
en picat, però aquí ens teniu, tots dos,
aquesta nit sufocant i ociosa
i sota un cel emmantellat d’estrelles,
amb el nostre deambular distès.
La llum dels fanals i els aparadors
ens cau cal•ligrafiada al damunt
com un espargiment d’hemoglobina.
Els noctàmbuls no es tomben a seguir-nos,
ni els perdularis, ni els cotxes patrulla.
Són moments en què sembla immarcescible
la joventut i aquesta es converteix
en el gran factor de prosperitat.

© Viena
From: Edward Hopper
Barcelona: Viena, 2006
Audio production: institut ramon llull

Translations:

Language: english

ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, 1945

When you entered my life, on no account
did you enter quietly, but like
those unexpected things that exclude one
from conformism. Pliable, not knowing
how I might hold out, you dissolved the lumps
of my endurance, became the only
desideratum and got yourself
under my skin.
Then we passed through varied
avatars and a forest of found objects,
and you got bigger. You grew
exponentially till you filled the space
where I’m fixed and you spread all over.
Every human action turns out to be
dubious in its imperfection.
I could enumerate a long list
of motives that drove me to fall
headlong, but here we are, the two of us,
on this stifling, leisurely night
beneath a sky mantled with stars
as we take our perambulation.
Light from lampposts and storefronts
falls calligraphed upon us
like a sprinking of haemoglobin.
Nightwalkers don’t turn to follow us,
nor lowlifes, nor patrol cars.
These are moments when youth appears
unfading, converted
into the great factor of success.

Translated into English by Lawrence Venuti
Edward Hopper, Graywolf Press, 2009
Language: spanish

ROOM FOR TOURISTS, 1945

Cuando entraste en mi vida, lo hiciste
no de manera silenciosa, sino
como esos imprevistos que te sacan
del conformismo. Débil, sin saber
cómo resistirme, deshiciste los grumos
de mi aguante, llegaste a ser el único
desiderátum y te me metiste
dentro.
Después pasamos por distintos
avatares y un mar de hallazgos,
y te hiciste mayor. Creciste
exponencialmente, hasta llenar el espacio
que me inmoviliza y extenderte por todas partes.
Toda actuación humana resulta
dudosa en su imperfección.
Podría enumerar una larga lista
de motivos que me llevaron a un descenso
en picado, pero aquí nos tenéis, a los dos,
esta noche sofocante y ociosa
y bajo un cielo tapizado de estrellas,
con nuestro deambular distendido.
La luz de las farolas y de los escaparates
nos envuelve caligrafiada
como un esparcimiento de hemoglobina.
Los noctámbulos no se giran para seguirnos,
ni los perdularios, ni los coches patrulla.
Son momentos en los que parece inmarchitable
la juventud y ésta se convierte
en el gran factor de prosperidad.

Traducción de Laura Ferrero
Language: italian

ROOM FOR TOURIST, 1945

Quando entrasti nella mia vita, v'entrasti
non già silenziosamente, ma
come in quegli imprevisti che ti muovono
dal conformismo. Lieve, ignorando
come resistervi, disfacesti i grumi
della mia tenacia, divenisti il solo
desideratum e penetrasti
dentro.
Passammo poi attraverso molti
avatàr e una selva di scoperte,
e divenisti grande. Crescesti, in modo
esponenziale, sin a colmare lo spazio
che m'inchioda ed estenderti in ogni dove.
Tutto l'umano agire risulta
dubbio nella sua imperfezione.
Potrei enumerare una lunga lista
di motivi che mi fecero colare
a picco, ma siamo ancora qui, entrambi,
questa notte soffocante e oziosa
e sotto un cielo ammantato di stelle,
col nostro deambular disteso.
La luce dei fanali e le vetrine
ci cade calligrafata addosso
come uno spargimento di emoglobina.
I nottambuli non ci vengono dietro,
né i perditempo, né le autopattuglie.
Son momenti in cui par immarcescibile
la gioventù e questa si converte
nel gran fattore di prosperità.

Traduzione: Emanuela Forgetta
Language: occitan

ROOMS FOR TOURISTS, 1945

Quand dintrères dins ma vida, dintrères
pas silenciosament, mas
coma en aqueles imprevistes que te trason
del conformisme. Mòl, sens saber
coma m’i resistir, desfaguères los grumèls
de ma fermesa, venguères l'unic
desideratum e te m’intrères
al dintre.
          Passèrem après per divèrses
avatars e una selva de trobalhas,
e te faguères bèl. Grandiguères, de manièra
exponenciala, fins a emplir l'espaci
que me fixa e t'estendre pertot.
Tota accion umana ven
dobtosa en son imperfeccion.
Poiriái enumerar una longa lista
de rasons que me botèron a una descenduda
en picat, mas vaquí nosautres, totes dos,
aquesta nuèch sufocanta e ociosa
e jos un cèl emmantelat d'estelas,
amb nòstre caminament apasimat.
La lutz dels reverbèrs e de las veirinas
nos tomba calligrafiada dessús
coma un espargiment d’emoglobina.
Los noctambuls se viran pas a nos sègre,
ni los paucvals, ni los autos de la polícia.
Son moments que sembla immarcescibla
la joinessa e aquela ven
lo grand factor de prosperitat.

Translated into Occitan by Manel Zabala
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Ernest Farrés

photo © Georgina Miret
* 1967, Barcelona, Spain
lives in: Barcelona, Spain

Ernest Farrés is a journalist and writer. He works for the cultural supplement of La Vanguardia newspaper. He is the author of six volumes of poetry in Catalan: Clavar-ne una al mall i l’altra a l’enclusa (1996), Mosquits (1998), Edward Hopper (2006), Els efectes imprevisibles dels camps magnètics (2011), Blitzkrieg (2011) and Los Angeles (2015). Edward Hopper constitutes a sequence of poems based on the pictorial work of this renowned artist, which has garnered various awards, including the Robert Fagles Prize for the best translation of contemporary poetry into English (to the translator Lawrence Venuti, 2008). He has edited a reference anthology for young Catalan poets: 21 poetes del xxi (21 Poets of the 21st Century, 2001).

 photo © Georgina Miret
In the words of the poet and critic Àlex Susanna, “Farrés is the type of author who is quite atypical, who has made himself unhurriedly but with an admirable stubbornness, steering entirely clear both of stardom and the prevailing gregarious spirit. […] The tone of his poems is as prosaic as that of a novel, because it shies away from lyrical incandescence and endeavours to adapt to the prose of life. His gain will have consisted precisely of being able to produce a high level of output on working days – and its sporadic counterpoints – that shape and misshape the life of ordinary people, whether painted or written.”

Publications
  • Clavar-ne una al mall i l'altra a l'enclusa

    Barcelona: Columna, 1996

  • Mosquits

    Valencia: 7 i mig, 1998

  • Edward Hopper

    Barcelona: Viena, 2006

  • Edward Hopper

    Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2009

  • Edward Hopper

    Manchester: Carcanet, 2010

  • Els efectes imprevisibles dels camps magnètics

    Barcelona: Labreu Edicions, 2011

  • Blitzkrieg

    Barcelona: Meteora, 2011

  • Edward Hopper

    Roma: Nemapress, 2011

  • Los Angeles

    Barcelona: Viena Edicions, 2015

Awards
  • 1996 Premi Octavio Paz de Poesia

  • 2005 Premi Jocs Florals

Links
  • Ernest Farrés @ interlitq

    Further information.

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