MINA DIKTER
The end of the summer
Below the rail road bridge
a sunny summer day,
the river is flowing by the
ridge.
You feel the sun's warm ray,
the water in the river is
chilling,
The house martins are nesting
in the height thrilling,
And you are resting.
Then you hear the ticking sound
of
the robin,
you know - the summer is turning
into autumn.
2000-07-20
Fire is life
Mystic out of ordinary
things,
sitting by your camp fire,
watching its vivid hot strings
You cannot but admire.
It's quiet except a sigh of wind
it's dark except the nearest round
But never mind,
it's this way you're sound
Sitting by your camp fire,
watching the secret the flames hide.
Philosophizing over life and sire,
same fire outside and inside.
Coupling coal and oxygen - fire,
Breathing makes fire inside to go on.
Air around you makes your camp fire ,
And the life goes on.
2004-12-30
Paradox of convenience
There are straight ways and even roads
but you choose narrow paths and roadless terrain.
There are fast cars
but you choose the feet..
There are convenient houses
but you choose a little hut.
There are luxuriuos restaurants
but you choose a grilled sausage by a camp fire.
There are soft beds
but you choose a sleeping bag on ground.
That's a paradox of convenience.
Summer 2006
Nånstans mitt i Glasskogen
Finns
det nån större jordisk njutning,
Än en augustikväll vid en
eld i skogen.
Solen skiner från den
molnfria himmelen med ljusgjutning,
Du hör en porlande bäck
och dikten är mogen.
När sen solen har gått
ner,
Och elden värmer och skapar
stämning,
Då saknar man inte
civilisationen mer.
Du vilar och får
återhämtning.
Men ur evighetsperspektivet sett,
Om du ska ha nån nytta,
Du ska vara av alltings skapare ledd
Innan du flyttar till evighetens
hytta.
23 Skördemånad 1990
FIRE
What is fire?
There is something special with fire.We, the modern people are still
attracted by its flame which almost seems to be alive.
You can sit by a camp fire for hours and be fascinated by it, looking
at the flaring flames.
It's not queer that primitive peoples have fire in the first place in
their world.
Before fire was more important than it's now. It was difficult to make
a fire and when you once had a fire you preserved it as long time
as you ever could.
In the beginning there were just a few persons who knew the secret of
fire. These ones became key persons and received the power. Now the
secret of fire is disclosed to every one but the fascination of fire
remains. Chemistry explains . . . ¹)
When we want to make an impression on the audience that is calid for us
living in the modern industrialized world and for
the indian tribes in the rain forest. Fire will have its position for
ever.
¹) that fire is not stranger than a matters' union with oxygen,
i.e. oxiding
