Poetry

These are some of my favourite poems, by British and American poets as well as some Swedish ones. The Swedish poems, with the exception of Förklädd gud, have all been translated by me. Since I am not much of a poet (even though I occasionally do make a stab at writing some poetry of my own), the translations are just that: translations, not attempted interpretations.

More sections of Lord Tennyson's In Memoriam will be added eventually.



 Poems in English   Poems in Swedish 



Poems in English

Lewis Carroll: Jabberwocky
Robert Frost: The Road not Taken
Robert Herrick: To the Virgins to Make Much of Time
Rudyard Kipling: The Power of the Dog
John Masefield: Sea Fever
Dorothy Parker: The Small Hours
The Last Question
William Shakespeare: Sonnet 18 (Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson: In Memoriam A. H. H.
Prologue
Sections 1 - 4
Sections 5 - 7
Sections 8 - 11
Sections 12 - 15
Section 27 (I envy not in any moods)
Section 106 (Ring out, wild bells)
Ask Me No More (from "The Princess")
Break, Break, Break
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Eagle
"Frater Ave atque Vale"
Home They Brought her Warrior Dead (from "The Princess")
Ulysses
Crossing the Bar
Walt Whitman: O Captain! My Captain!

Catullus: Carmen XXXI (Paeninsularum, Sirmio, insularumque)
Carmen LI (Ille mi par esse deo videtur)
Carmen CI (Multas per gentes et multas per aequora vectus)



Poems in Swedish (with English translations)

Verner Aspenström: Du och jag och världen (You and I and the World)
Karin Boye: Aftonbön (Evening Prayer)
Den vägen är smal (The Road is Narrow)
Det bästa (The Best)
Din värme (Your Warmth)
Du ska tacka (You Should Thank)
Förklaring (Glorification)
Hemlös (Homeless)
Hur kan jag säga... (How Can I Tell...)
Jag vill möta... (I Want to Face...)
Ja visst gör det ont (Yes, It Hurts)
Mannen utan nåd (The Man Without Mercy)
Minne (Memory)
Morgon (Morning)
Portarna (The Gates)
Små ting (Little Things)
Sommardag (Summer Day)
Till en vän (For a Friend)
Till havet (To the Sea)
Trollbunden (Spellbound)
Ängslan (Anxiety)
Önskan (Wish)
Önskenatt (Wishing Night)
From "Tillägnan" (Dedication):
2. Hela min själ har jag knutit till en tanke
          (I have tied my entire soul to one thought)

5. Jag tror döden är som du
          (I think death is like you)

6. Allt, allt jag ägde
          (Everything, everything I owned)
Gustaf Fröding: Atlantis
En kärleksvisa (A Lovesong)
Erik Gustaf Geijer: På nyårsdagen 1838 (On New Year's Day 1838)
Hjalmar Gullberg: Död amazon (Dead Amazon)
Förklädd gud (God in Disguise)
Inkognito (Incognito)
Kyssande vind (Kissing Wind)
Månskensnatt (Moonlit Night)
Människors möte (People's Meeting)
Nostos, hemfärd (Nostos, Journey Home)
Verner von Heidenstam: Hur lätt blir människornas kinder heta
      (How Easily Do Men's Cheeks Grow Hot)

Om tusen år (In a Thousand Years)
Vi människor (We Men)

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