LATE ARRIVAL ON EARTH
(1932)
FERRY SONG (1941)
NON SERVIAM (1945)
STROUNTES (1955)
GUIDE TO THE
UNDERWORLD (1967)
I believe in the lone human
I believe in the lone human
in the one that walks alone,
that doesn’t doglike runs to the tracking
that doesn’t wolflike flees the scent of humans:
At once man and antiman.
How to reach community?
Flee the upper and outer path:
What is cattle in others is cattle also in you.
Take the lower and inner path:
What is the bottom in you is the bottom also of others.
Difficult to get used to oneself.
Difficult to get unused to oneself.
The one that does will still never be abandoned.
The one that does it will always keep the faith.
The impractical is the only practical
in the long run.
Gunnar Ekelöf - Ferry Song Complete translation into english. Björn Thegeby. Wordpress.com 2018.
