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Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson

UTAN TITEL

  • 1 Brevets situation | Translations: de
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Language: swedish
Translations: english (UNTITLED), slovenian (BREZ NASLOVA), dutch (ZONDER TITEL)
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UTAN TITEL

Du tycker att allt är dåligt men det kommer att bli mycket sämre.
Du tror att du är intelligent men det är du inte.
Du tror att du är intressant men du är tråkig.
Du tror att du är snygg men du är ful.
Du tror att du är snäll men du är elak.
Du säger att du är mobbad men det är du själv som mobbar.
Du tror att du kan prata franska men det kan du inte.
Du tror att du utvecklas och blir bättre men du lär dig ingenting.
Du säger att du är kär men du verkar inte kär.
Du tror att du kommer att bli piggare men det blir tvärtom.
Du säger att du älskar dina barn men det där är bara skitsnack.
Du säger att du ska ta semester men du har slut på semesterdagar.
Du säger att du är hotad men det är du själv som är hotfull.
Du hoppas att du ska tjäna mer pengar men det begriper man ju hur det blir med den saken.
Du tycker att naturen är nedsmutsad men allt kommer att bli ännu skitigare.
Du tycker att världen är orättvis men det är ingenting mot hur det kommer att bli.
Du tycker att hålet i ozonskiktet är stort men det kommer att bli ännu större.
Du tror att du är en bra poet men det är du inte.
Du säger att du ät kåt men det där är bara inbillning.
Du tycker att klimatet är dåligt men det kommer att bli värre.
Du tycker att det är mycket terror och krig men det här är bara början.
Du tycker inte att du är speciellt fet men det är du.
Du säger att du är glad men du verkar inte glad.
Du tror att du lever men du är död.
Du tror att människor gillar dig men det gör dom inte.
Du tror att du är uppskattad på jobbet men egentligen är du helt oduglig.
Du säger att andra är aggressiva men det är du som är aggressiv.
Du tror att du är kul och crazy men i själva verket är du en fjant.
Du tror att du är beläst och klok och skriver bra men du är helt enkelt fullständigt ointressant.

© Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson
From: Synopsis
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Language: english

UNTITLED

You think things are bad but it's gonna get much worse.
You think you are intelligent but you're not.
You think you are interesting but you are boring.
You think you are good looking but you are ugly.
You think you are nice but you are nasty.
You think you can speak French but you can't.
You think you are going to develop and improve but you are not learning anything.
You say you are in love but it doesn't seem like it.
You say you love your children but that's bullshit.
You say you are going on holiday but your holidays are over.
You say you are threatened but you're the one who is threatening.
You think nature is polluted but everything will only get shittier and shittier.
You think the world is unfair but that's nothing compared to what lies ahead.
You think the hole in the ozone layer is big but it's gonna get bigger.
You think you are a good poet but you are not.
You say you are horny but that's just your imagination.
You think there's a lot of terror and war but this is just the beginning.
You think you are not that fat but that's just what you are.
You say you are happy but you don't seem happy.
You think you are alive but you are dead.
You think people like you but they don't.
You think you are appreciated at work but in fact you are completely worthless.
You say others are aggressive but you're the aggressive one.
You think you are cool and crazy but in fact you are a fake.
You think you are learned and wise and write well but in fact you are completely uninteresting.

Translated into English by Fredrik Hertzberg, Karri Kokko, and Leevi Lehto
Language: slovenian

BREZ NASLOVA

Misliš, da je slabo, a samo še slabše bo.
Misliš, da si pameten, pa nisi.
Misliš, da si zanimiv, pa si dolgočasen.
Misliš, da si lep, pa si grd.
Misliš, da si prijazen, pa si zloben.
Misliš, da znaš govoriti francosko, pa ne znaš.
Misliš, da se razvijaš in da boš boljši, a se ničesar ne naučiš.
Praviš, da si zaljubljen, a ne zdiš se zaljubljen.
Praviš, da imaš rad svoje otroke, ampak govoriš v tri dni.
Praviš, da greš na počitnice, ampak tvojih počitnic je konec.
Praviš, da ti grozijo, pa si ti tisti, ki groziš.
Misliš, da je narava onesnažena, a vse bo samo še bolj usrano.
Misliš, da je svet nepravičen, ampak to ni nič v primerjavi s tistim, kar bo.
Misliš, da je ozonska luknja velika, a samo še večja bo.
Misliš, da si dober pesnik, pa nisi.
Praviš, da si potreben, a to je samo v tvoji glavi.
Misliš, da je veliko nasilja in vojn, a to je samo začetek.
Misliš, da nisi posebno debel, pa si.
Praviš, da si vesel, a ne zdiš se vesel.
Misliš, da živiš, pa si mrtev.
Misliš, da te imajo ljudje radi, pa te nimajo.
Misliš, da te v službi cenijo, a v resnici si popolnoma neuporaben.
Praviš, da so drugi agresivni, pa si ti tisti, ki je agresiven.
Misliš, da si kul in crazy, a v bistvu si idiot.
Misliš, da si razgledan in pameten in da dobro pišeš, a si v bistvu popolnoma nezanimiv.

Iz švedščine prevedla Sara Grbović.
Language: dutch

ZONDER TITEL

Je vindt dat alles slecht is, maar het wordt nog erger.
Je denkt dat je intelligent bent, maar dat is niet zo.
Je denkt dat je interessant bent, maar je bent saai.
Je denkt dat je knap bent, maar je bent lelijk.
Je denkt dat je lief bent, maar je bent gemeen.
Je denkt dat je Frans spreekt, maar dat kan je niet.
Je zegt dat je verliefd bent, maar je lijkt niet verliefd.
Je zegt dat je van je kinderen houdt, maar dat is gelul.
Je zegt dat je bedreigd wordt, maar je bent zelf bedreigend.
Je vindt dat er veel terreur en oorlog is, maar dit is nog maar het begin.
Je vindt dat het klimaat slecht is, maar het wordt nog veel slechter.
Je vindt dat je niet echt dik bent, maar dat ben je wel.
Je denkt dat je een goede dichter bent, maar dat is niet zo.
Je denkt dat je leeft, maar je bent dood.
Je zegt dat je geil bent, maar dat denk je maar.
Je denkt dat mensen je aardig vinden, maar dat vinden ze niet.
Je zegt dat anderen agressief zijn, maar je bent zelf agressief.
Je denkt dat je cool en crazy bent, maar eigenlijk ben je een sukkel.
Je denkt dat je slim en belezen bent, en goed schrijft, maar je bent gewoon
volstrekt oninteressant.

Vertaling: Liesbeth Huijer

deze vertaling verschijnt in Ik wilde dichter zijn, Azul Press, Maastricht / Amsterdam, 2019.
this translation will be published in Ik wilde dichter zijn, Azul Press, Maastricht / Amsterdam, 2019.
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Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson

photo © Cecilia Grönberg
* 13.03.1965, Umeå, Sweden
lives in: Gothenburg, Sweden

Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson (UKON) was born in Umeå in 1965. He is living in Gothenburg, working as a poet, translator, and psychologist. He is member of the editorial boards of the magazines Glänta, OEI, and Psykoanalytisk Tid/Skrift.

Among others, he translated Jacques Roubaud into Swedish.

                                                                                                                                                                               
 photo © Cecilia Grönberg
Publications
  • Kung-kung

    Symposion, 1990

  • Under det som inte förgår

    Symposion, 1992

  • Vädrets hjärna

    Symposion, 1994

  • Sändning

    Symposion, 1997

  • Någons stöd

    Symposion, 1999

  • Stammar

    Symposion, 2002

  • Familjeoxymoronen

    Oei-editör, 2003

  • Block

    med efterord av Jonas (J) Magnusson

    Symposion, 2005

  • Synopsis

    innehåller cd med UKON och Njurmännen

    Symposion, 2007

  • Kalender

    Sanatorium förlag, 2008

  • Och solen går upp och solen går ned

    Forlaget Attåt, 2008

  • Barndomstolen

    Norstedts, 2009

  • Hjälp, vem är jag? – utdrag från en terapi

    tillsammans med Caroline af Ugglas

    Piratförlaget, 2010

  • Standardmodellen

    CD utgiven på Kning disk

    ett samarbete med Njurmännen

    2010

  • Brukare

    Norstedts, 2011

  • ?

    Oei-editör, 2013

  • Jag befinner mig i ett överflöd av kärlek

    Norstedts, 2014

  • Glömskans bibliotek

    en essä om demens, vansinne och litteratur

    Norstedts, 2016

  • Röstautograferna

    Norstedts, 2019

Awards
  • 2002 Guldprinsen

  • 2007 Göteborgs-Postens litteraturpris

  • 2007 Nöjesguidens pris för Bästa läsning (Preis für die beste Lesung)

  • 2011 Kallebergerstipendiet

Links
  • Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson at Maintenant

    An interview with Ulf Karl Olov Nilsson by SJ Fowler

    Website (en)
  • UKON & Njurmännen

    Website
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