Sunday, March 4, 2007

Exixtence of God

Eksistens

Anne kom fra skolen og
Sa at på skolen sier de at
Gud ikke eksisterer. Jeg sa
At det skal du ikke tro på.

Jamen eksisterer Gud da?
Ikke for den som ikke tror,
Sa jeg, men ellers eksisterer
Gud. Er ikke det rart da, sa
Anne.

Jo, sa jeg, det er rart.
Går det an, sa Anne, å ikke
eksistere og eksistere.
Ja, sa jeg, det går an for Gud.

Ernst Orvil (1898-1985)




Existence

Anne came from school and
Said that at school they say that
God does not exist. I said
You shouldn't believe that.

Yes but does God exist?
Not for the one who doesn't believe,
I said, otherwise
God exists. Isn't it strange?
Said Anne.

Yes, I said, it is strange.
Is it possible, said Anne,
To not exist and exist.
Yes, I said, it is possible for God.

Poem by: Ernst Orvil (1898-1985)
Translation by: Atousa Gharvan

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Atousa wow princess i miss u so much, Norway is not the same without u.....we all miss u the whole class 1AAA....u where the smartes and the greats friend i have ever knowen....hope to see u someday soon cutie. Miss u so much

Love youuuuuuuu xxx Rina

Parisa Mehran said...

Dear Atousa,

Nice translation. Good taste of choosing the best poems. Keep it.

S. Susan Marandi said...

This was nice, and a good translation!

Keep up the great job! :-)