{"id":28,"date":"2017-05-13T11:55:04","date_gmt":"2017-05-13T11:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/megaga.dk\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2017-05-13T12:05:31","modified_gmt":"2017-05-13T12:05:31","slug":"writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/megaga.dk\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"Damnation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published in Otata 17, May 2017<\/a>
\n<\/b><\/p>\n

Poems on watching Bela Tarr\u2019s and <\/b>L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkai\u2019s \u2019Damnation\u2019<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

Digte om at se Bela Tarrs og L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Krasznahorkais \u2019Damnation\u2019<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

at the beginning and end of the world rain<\/p>\n

ved verdens begyndelse og ende regn<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

one foot and the other on you go<\/p>\n

den ene fod og den anden videre g\u00e5r du<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

wet floors what\u2019s left of Eastern Europe<\/p>\n

v\u00e5de gulve d\u00e9t der er tilbage af \u00d8steuropa<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

you could be like that: a dripping tap<\/p>\n

du ku\u2019 v\u00e6re s\u00e5dan: en dryppende hane<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

in the noise of rain wild dogs chase past Titanic Bar where she sings<\/p>\n

i st\u00f8jen af regn jager vilde hunde forbi Titanic Bar hvor hun synger<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

a de-tuned piano blends in with the wallpaper of loss<\/p>\n

et forstemt klaver falder i eet med tabets tapet<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

the fog in your lungs in your mind and the Old Testament thrown at you<\/p>\n

t\u00e5gen i dine lunger i dit sind og Det Gamle Testamente smidt efter dig<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

the man with the broken hands and the accordeon locked in Purgartory<\/p>\n

manden med de \u00f8delagte h\u00e6nder og harmonikaen l\u00e5st inde i Sk\u00e6rsilden<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

only room for shattered windows and long ballads in the old empire<\/p>\n

kun plads til smadrede vinduer og lange ballader i det gamle kejserd\u00f8mme<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

the town in the puddles more like that<\/p>\n

byen i pytterne mere som d\u00e9n<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

(is it like that? the empire survives in cheap plum brandy?)<\/p>\n

(er det s\u00e5dan det er? kejserd\u00f8mmet overlever i billig blommesnaps?)<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

dance to forget the fog lingers<\/p>\n

dans for at glemme t\u00e5gen bliver h\u00e6ngende<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

at times your language gets wordy
\nthen you can leave it
\nin the sea fog<\/p>\n

til tider bliver dit sprog ordrigt
\ns\u00e5 kan du efterlade det
\ni havgusen<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

if
\nit\u2019s a good
\nmelody<\/p>\n

it can take
\nbeing repeated<\/p>\n

over and over<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

hvis
\ndet\u2019 en god
\nmelodi<\/p>\n

kan den t\u00e5le
\nat blive gentaget<\/p>\n

igen og igen<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

don\u2019t mind
\nthe rain on the floor<\/p>\n

it\u2019s your heritage<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

tag dig ikke af
\nregnen p\u00e5 gulvet<\/p>\n

det er din arv<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

Hungarian melancholia<\/p>\n

everything
\ncan be tinned<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

ungarsk melankoli<\/p>\n

alt
\nkan puttes p\u00e5 d\u00e5se<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

dispassionate sex coal wagons go by her eyes still empty<\/p>\n

sex uden passion kulvogne k\u00f8rer forbi hendes \u00f8jne stadig tomme<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

still empty
\n(or empty again)<\/p>\n

her eyes that see him
\nsquash a pickled
\ncucumber<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

stadig tomme
\n(eller tomme igen)<\/p>\n

hendes \u00f8jne der ser ham
\nmase en syltet
\nagurk<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

the size of the fog the size of it all paralyzed<\/p>\n

st\u00f8rrelsen af t\u00e5gen st\u00f8rrelsen af alting paralyseret<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

does it make sense to speak at all? The water in the bath remains black<\/p>\n

giver det overhovedet mening at tale? Vandet i badekarret forbliver sort<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

inside her
\nthere\u2019s everything
\nhe thinks
\nhe needs<\/p>\n

she doesn\u2019t want it<\/p>\n

.<\/p>\n

inde i hende
\ner der alt
\nhan tror
\nhan har brug for<\/p>\n

hun vil ikke ha\u2019 det<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

between showers dogs enter his heart<\/p>\n

mellem byger tr\u00e6nger hunde ind i hans hjerte<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

part coal part rain and fog the fabric of a nation\u2019s mind<\/p>\n

dels kul dels regn og t\u00e5ge stoffet der udg\u00f8r en nations sind<\/p>\n

:<\/p>\n

it\u2019s a men
\ntality breaking off
\nthe filter of a ciggy<\/p>\n

det\u2019 en men
\ntalitet at br\u00e6kke filteret
\naf en sm\u00f8g<\/p>\n

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