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by Inger Christensen (1935 - 2009)

livet, luften vi indånder findes
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
livet, luften vi indånder findes
en lethed i alt, en lighed i alt,
en ligning, et åbent bevægeligt udsagn
i alt, og mens træ efter træ bruser op i
den tidlige sommer, en lidenskab, lidenskab
i alt, som fandtes der til luftens leg med
den faldende manna en enkel principtegning,
enkel som når lykken har masser af mad
og ulykken ingen, enkel som når længslen
har masser af veje og lidelsen ingen,
enkel som den hellige lotus er enkel
fordi den kan spises, en tegning så enkel
som når latteren tegner dit ansigt i luft

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In: Inger Christensen, alfabet / alphabet, Münster : Kleinheinrich Verlag , 2001


Text Authorship:

  • by Inger Christensen (1935 - 2009), appears in Alfabet, no. 12, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag AS, first published 1981 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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