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Tom Bresemann

wenn

  • 1 in tante ilses zimmer | Translations: csit
  • 2 spuk im hochhaus | Translations: cses
  • 3 aus der brunnengasse | Translations: cs
  • 4 wejen ausdücke | Translations: cses
  • 5 je stärker die linke, desto friedlicher das land | Translations: cses
  • 6 punktlandung im sinusmilieu
  • 7 auserlesene lider
  • 8 von unserem verlorenen und zukünftigen glücke
  • 9 es muss nochmals darauf hingewiesen werden
  • 10 wenn | Translations: enelesfrhenotr
Language: german
Translations: english (When), greek (Σαν), spanish (cuando), french (Quand), hebrew (כש), norwegian (Når), turkish (O zaman)
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wenn

                                   Auf das Notwendige kann ich verzichten.

wenn ich reich bin ziehe ich nur noch 100%
rein zerstoßenes geld durch die nase.

wenn ich reich bin baue ich kein haus,
ich kauf mir eure.

wenn ich reich bin gestatte ich nur noch apartesten
gleichnissen meiner langweile ausdruck zu verleihen.

exquisite buffetstrecken voll ausgestorbener
köstlichkeiten werde ich, wenn ich reich bin, veranstalten.

wenn ich reich bin werde ich auch schwul.

alle werden mich lieb und teuer halten
denn ich werde verstehen die leere auszukosten.

© Tom Bresemann
Audio production: Haus für Poesie / 2018

Translations:

Language: english

When

                                   I will willingly do without the necessities

When I am rich, I’ll only snort 100%
pure money up my nose.

When I am rich I won’t build a house,
I’ll buy yours.

When I am rich I’ll only allow the most distinctive
analogies to give expression to my boredom.

I will organize exquisite buffets of extinct delicacies,
when I am rich.

When I am rich 
I go gay as well.

Everyone will hold me near and dear,
because I will know how to savour the emptiness.

Language: greek

Σαν

                                     Μπορώ να τα βγάλω πέρα χωρίς τα αναγκαία

Σαν γίνω πλούσιος θα σνιφάρω μόνο 100%
καθαρό χρήμα από τη μύτη μου.

Σαν γίνω πλούσιος κανένα σπίτι δεν θα χτίσω,
θα αγοράσω το δικό σου.

Σαν γίνω πλούσιος θα επιτρέπω μόνο τις πιο ιδιάζουσες
αναλογίες να εκφράζουνε την βαρεμάρα μου.

Θα οργανώνω εξαίσιους μπουφέδες με σπάνιες 
λιχουδιές, σαν γίνω πλούσιος.

Σαν γίνω πλούσιος θα γίνω κι αδερφή

Όλοι θα με έχουνε από κοντά κι αγαπημένο
γιατί θα ξέρω πώς να γεύομαι το κενό.

Translation: Sam Albatros
Language: spanish

cuando

                                   De lo esencial puedo prescindir.

cuando sea rico, sólo me voy a oler
dinero pulverizado al 100% de pureza.

cuando sea rico, no construiré una casa,
me compraré las de ustedes.

cuando sea rico, sólo dejaré que los más excelsos
símiles expresen mi aburrimiento.

exquisitos bufés llenos de extintos
manjares ofreceré, cuando sea rico.

cuando sea rico, también me volveré gay.

todos me tendrán cariño y estima,
porque sabré saborear el vacío.


Ins Spanische übertragen von Juan Diego Otero und Andrea Garcés für Gegensatz Translation Collective
Language: french

Quand

                        Je peux très bien me passer du nécessaire.

Quand je serai riche, je snifferai
uniquement de l'argent pur à 100%.

Quand je serai riche, je ne construirai pas de maison, 
j'achèterai la tienne.

Quand je serai riche, seules les analogies les plus insolites 
pourront exprimer mon ennui.

J'organiserai des buffets exquis de saveurs disparues, 
quand je serai riche.

Quand je serai riche je deviendrai gay aussi.

Tout le monde m'étreindra et m'aimera, 
parce que je saurai savourer le vide.

Traduit par Samantha Barendson
Language: hebrew

כש

אני יכול להסתדר בלי צרכים בסיסיים
כשאהיה עשיר אשאף לאף

רק אבקת זהב 100% טהור.
כשאהיה עשיר לא אבנה בית –
אקנה את שלך.

כשאהיה עשיר אתיר רק למוזרים
שבדימויים לבטא את שעמומי.

כשאהיה עשיר אעמיס ארוחות בופה,
שלחנות גדושי מעדנים נכחדים.

כשאהיה עשיר גם אני אעשה גי.

כולם יעריצו אותי
כי אדע איך להתענג על הריקות.

מגרמנית: קתרין האלס, אמיר אור
Language: norwegian

Når

                                   Jeg er villig til å klare meg uten.

Når jeg blir rik, vil jeg bare snorte penger rett i nesa.

Når jeg blir rik, vil jeg ikke bygge et hus.
Jeg skal kjøpe ditt.

Når jeg blir rik, vil jeg bare tillate de mest særegne
analogier for å uttrykke min kjedsomhet.

Jeg vil organisere utsøkte buffeer med utdøde delikatesser,
når jeg er rik.

Når jeg er rik,
blir også jeg homoseksuell.

Alle vil holde meg nær og kjær,
fordi jeg kan utholde meningsløsheten.

Oversettelse: Jostein Halvorsen Vigerust
Language: turkish

O zaman

                                               Zorunluluklar olmadan yaşayacağım seve seve.

Sadece %100 saf para çekeceğim burnuma
zengin olduğumda.

Ev yapmayacağım zengin olduğumda, 
seninkini satın alacağım.

Zengin olduğumda en seçkin benzetmelerle
anlatılabilecek ancak sıkıntım.

Benzersiz bir ziyafet vereceğim tükenmiş hazlardan
zengin olduğumda.

Zengin olduğumda 
eşcinsel de olacağım.

Hoş tutacak beni etrafımdaki herkes 
çünkü bileceğim boşluğu nasıl dolduracağımı.

Çeviren: Nafia Akdeniz
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Tom Bresemann

photo © Lisa Borries
* 04.08.1978, Berlin, Germany
lives in: Berlin, Germany

Tom Bresemann (b. 1978 in Berlin) writes, organises and conceives poetry and literature from writers’ conferences to talk and reading series to new formats for literature. In 2006 he founded the Lettrétage in Berlin-Kreuzberg together with Moritz Malsch and Katharina Deloglu and is still involved in it. His own texts have been appearing since 2004 in magazines and anthologies such as randnummer, poet, Lyrik von Jetzt 2, Jahrbuch der Lyrik und Wat los, Parzen?. He has published three books of poetry and a novella. Critics called his 2007 book Makellos “cultural heritage and contemporary rage”. Bresemann’s texts have been translated into English, Italian, Swedish, Spanish and Hebrew. His poem ‘von jeglichem wort, das durch den mund den menschen vernewet –duencken und gespanne in häutigem deutsch’ is an ongoing publication in various formats such as poetry clips, memes, audio carriers, exhibitions, live situations, objects, audio and/or video data and sound sequences on various online platforms and in print.

 photo © Adrian Liebau
Publications
  • Makellos

    Berlin: Verlagshaus J. Frank, 2007

  • Berliner Fenster

    Berlin: Berlin Verlag, 2011

  • Kein Gesicht

    Berlin: SuKulTur, 2012

  • arbeiten und wohnen im denkmal

    Wiesbaden: luxbooks, 2014

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