VALGARÐUR BRAGASON
Nacido en Reikiavik en la primavera de 1971, Valgarður Bragason es poeta e
hijo de la escritora islandesa Nína Björk Árnadóttir.
Desde muy joven mostró una enorme sensibilidad y aguda inteligencia. Rodeado
continuamente de libros, de artistas y de escritores, practicó ballet durante
más de diez años y estuvo siempre vinculado a las artes escénicas. Irrumpió en
la escena literaria con una antología de poemas “Glitter” con apenas veinte
años. Después vendrían “Cutest at the cinema”, “East” y “Well boys”, etiquetada
como una suave poesía surrealista por los críticos islandeses.
Tras el fallecimiento de su madre en el año 2000, Valgarður abandona la
escritura durante más de una década.
Ahora vuelve a trabajar en una nueva antología en inglés “Thank you for
the heart”.
“GLITTER”
“CUTEST AT THE CINEMA”
“EAST”
“WELL BOYS”
Thank you for the heart
It was full of love
The sun
Came up.
***
When I looked into the forest
The sky whispered
"stay on the road"
I stopped walking
To think.
***
There is a man on the boat
Sailing on the lake
I wave him
Shout "can I come sail too"
He shakes his head
"it's not your time to sail".
***
I believe
Cause I don't know
It's better that way
Keeps my heart pumping.
When I look at you
I see you
I feel you
But I don't know what to do
This is strange.
***
When you go
And if I stay
I miss you
That is the law.
If I run to you
Before you come back
I brake this law
So I stay in my place
And wait.
***
If I was an icecube
Roaming
In the north sea
I would eventually
Float south
An melt.
Become one
With the ocean
My water
Waves
On somebodys shore.
Sinking into the sand
On somebodys shore.
***
When I was an infant
My mother taught me
Everything she knew
About love.
***
I have nothing
I need nothing
I am here
Now
That's all there is
And you
Are my angel.
***
Your love is More
Than pampering
It's your heart
Your head
And your soul.
And when
Or what
Seizes to exist.
There is only
This one.
