Boken om lille-bror: Ett äktenskaps roman

Det var en gång en författare, vilken levde lycklig med sin hustru och sina tre barn. Han var så lycklig, att han själv icke förstod det, och under allt detta skrev han många böcker om människors olyckor. Emellertid var det icke i kärleken, som hans högsta lycka låg; ej heller bestod den i fadersglädjen, vilken han tog som en så naivt naturlig sak, som skulle föräldrar aldrig kunna ha annat än glädje av sina barn; ej heller låg den däri, att den sällsynta fågel, som kallas obruten ungdom, även efter många års äktenskap satt i orubbat bo i hans hem. Hans högsta lycka bestod däri att han aldrig mött eller lärt känna något ont, vilket han ej trodde sig äga kraft och hälsa att avvärja. De olyckor, vilka hotat att dyka upp, hade som övergående skyar försvunnit från horisonten och lämnat hans himmel ännu mera ren och fri. Åtminstone trodde han så, och denna tro var den verklighet, i vilken han levde. Fattigdomen, mot vilken han fört en oavbruten kamp, hade han dock städse förmått hålla på avstånd. Det var blott en fiende, med vilken han aldrig mätt sina krafter, och denne fiende hette döden. - 'Once upon a time there was an author, who lived happily with his wife and his three children. He was so happy that he himself did not understand it, and under all this he wrote many books about human misfortunes. However, it was not in love that his highest happiness lay; nor did it consist of paternal joy, which he took as such a naively natural thing, that parents could never have anything other than joy in their children; nor did it lie there, that the rare bird, called unbroken youth, even after many years of marriage had sat in his home undisturbed. His highest happiness consisted therein that he had never met or learned to know anything which he did not believe himself to have strength and health to ward off. The misfortunes which had threatened to appear had disappeared from the horizon as passing clouds and left his sky even purer and freer. At least he thought so, and this belief was the reality in which he lived. Poverty, against which he had carried on an unbroken struggle, he had nevertheless always been able to keep at a distance. There was only one enemy, with whom he had never measured his strength, and this enemy was called death.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'Det var en gång en författare / lille-bror / Sven / Nenne' 立 'det-var-en-gång-童话 + lille-bror 之' 双层 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'Swedish-domestic-novel' 代表—— 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. plot 88 分系因 'Swedish-domestic-novel' 之 'three-stage-Swedish-domestic-novel' 之代表. 'Once upon a time there was an author, who lived happily with his wife and his three children. He was so happy that he himself did not understand it, and under all this he wrote many books about human misfortunes. However, it was not in love that his highest happiness lay; nor did it consist of paternal joy, which he took as such a naively natural thing, that parents could never have anything other than joy in their children; nor did it lie there, that the rare bird, called unbroken youth, even after many years of marriage had sat in his home undisturbed. His highest happiness consisted therein that he had never met or learned to know anything which he did not believe himself to have strength and health to ward off. The misfortunes which had threatened to appear had disappeared from the horizon as passing clouds and left his sky even purer and freer. At least he thought so, and this belief was the reality in which he lived. Poverty, against which he had carried on an unbroken struggle, he had nevertheless always been able to keep at a distance. There was only one enemy, with whom he had never measured his strength, and this enemy was called death.'

Vid detta tillfälle sprang emellertid ännu en liten pys omkring i rummen. Det var Olofs och Svantes lille bror, och han hade långt, lockigt och ljusgult hår och de största blåa ögon, som någon liten gosse kunnat ha. Han hette Sven och han var bara två år gammal. Tala kunde han icke helt och hållet. Men förstå kunde han. Sven kallades nämligen i vardagslag för Nenne. Och det hade han själv hittat på, därför att han inte kunde säga s. - 'On this occasion, however, another little fellow ran around the rooms. It was Olof's and Svante's little brother, and he had long, curly and light-yellow hair and the biggest blue eyes that any little boy could have. His name was Sven and he was only two years old. He could not quite speak. But he could understand. Sven was called in everyday language Nenne. And he had invented it himself, because he could not say s.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'Olof / Svante / Sven / lille-bror / största blåa ögon / Nenne / därför att han inte kunde säga s' 立 'Swedish-domestic-novel' 之 'Swedish-domestic-cast' 之 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 代表—— 'Geijerstam-cum' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. cast 86 分系因 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-domestic-novel' 之 'Swedish-domestic-cast' 之代表. 'On this occasion, however, another little fellow ran around the rooms. It was Olof's and Svante's little brother, and he had long, curly and light-yellow hair and the biggest blue eyes that any little boy could have. His name was Sven and he was only two years old. He could not quite speak. But he could understand. Sven was called in everyday language Nenne. And he had invented it himself, because he could not say s.'

Jag tror aldrig, att Sven någonsin levat ett så underligt samliv med sin mor som under denna sommar, eller också är det möjligt, att jag aldrig haft tillfälle att så fullständigt följa det. Kanske bidrog härtill, att vi denna sommar för första gången umburo vår store gosses sällskap. Olof hade nämligen fått resa norrut för att andas skogsluft och öva sig i att vara ensam borta från hemmet. Och följden härav blev helt naturligt, att de kvarvarande höllo sig ännu trognare samman än vanligt. Så mycket är visst, att jag under denna sommar omedvetet började se Sven med samma ögon, som hans mor gjorde, och att jag aldrig som just då känt mig slagen av, hur olik han var alla barn, jag någonsin sett, ehuru ingenting hos honom var annat, än vad man kallar för barnsligt. - 'I do not think that Sven ever lived such a strange life together with his mother as during this summer, or else it is possible that I never had the opportunity to follow it so completely. Perhaps it contributed to this, that we this summer for the first time had the company of our big boy. Olof had namely had to travel north to breathe forest air and practice being alone away from home. And the consequence of this naturally became that those who remained held each other even more faithfully than usual. So much is certain, that I during this summer unconsciously began to see Sven with the same eyes as his mother did, and that I never as just then felt struck by how unlike he was all children I had ever seen, although nothing about him was other than what one calls childish.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'Jag tror aldrig / Sven / så underligt samliv / Sven med samma ögon / som hans mor gjorde / hur olik han var alla barn / vad man kallar för barnsligt' 立 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-domestic-novel' 之 'slow-recurrence-of-family-bliss'—— 'Geijerstam-cum' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. pace 89 分系因 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'slow-recurrence-of-family-bliss' 之代表. 'I do not think that Sven ever lived such a strange life together with his mother as during this summer, or else it is possible that I never had the opportunity to follow it so completely. Perhaps it contributed to this, that we this summer for the first time had the company of our big boy. Olof had namely had to travel north to breathe forest air and practice being alone away from home. And the consequence of this naturally became that those who remained held each other even more faithfully than usual. So much is certain, that I during this summer unconsciously began to see Sven with the same eyes as his mother did, and that I never as just then felt struck by how unlike he was all children I had ever seen, although nothing about him was other than what one calls childish.'

Min hustru kom upp och blev konvalescent, hon gick åter uppe ibland oss, och hon hade icke tanke för annat än att göra oss andra lyckliga och själv känna, hur vi gladdes över, att hon åter tillhörde livet. Ack, dessa korta veckor, under vilka ingen mer än vi sågo henne, hur minns jag dem icke nu! Och hur lyckades de icke att få mig att glömma allt som varit! Emot deras stumma lycka var all oro och sorg, som vi förut upplevat, för intet att räkna. Allt, som sades, har jag skrivit i mitt minne och gömt. Det, som icke sades, och som var större, än vad livet eljest ger, slumrar i min själ, givande mig grundtonen till det liv, vilket jag eljest aldrig skulle kunnat leva. Dessa dagar, vilka nu kommo, plånade ut allt som funnits inom mig av oro, tvivel och misstro. - 'My wife got up and became convalescent, she walked again among us, and she had no thought for anything other than to make us others happy and herself feel how we rejoiced that she belonged to life again. Oh, these short weeks, during which no one more than we saw her, how I do not remember them now! And how did they not succeed in making me forget all that had been! Against their silent happiness all anxiety and grief, which we had previously experienced, was nothing to count. Everything that was said, I have written in my memory and hidden. That which was not said, and which was greater than what life otherwise gives, slumbers in my soul, giving me the ground tone of the life, which I otherwise could never have lived. These days, which now came, erased everything that had been within me of anxiety, doubt and mistrust.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'Min hustru kom upp / konvalescent / hon gick åter uppe / Ack, dessa korta veckor / ingen mer än vi / stumma lycka / Det, som icke sades / större, än vad livet eljest ger / slumrar i min själ / givande mig grundtonen / Dessa dagar / plånade ut allt som funnits / oro, tvivel och misstro' 立 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'konvalescent-coda'—— 'Geijerstam-cum' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. prose 91 分系因 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'konvalescent-coda' 之代表. 'My wife got up and became convalescent, she walked again among us, and she had no thought for anything other than to make us others happy and herself feel how we rejoiced that she belonged to life again. Oh, these short weeks, during which no one more than we saw her, how I do not remember them now! And how did they not succeed in making me forget all that had been! Against their silent happiness all anxiety and grief, which we had previously experienced, was nothing to count. Everything that was said, I have written in my memory and hidden. That which was not said, and which was greater than what life otherwise gives, slumbers in my soul, giving me the ground tone of the life, which I otherwise could never have lived. These days, which now came, erased everything that had been within me of anxiety, doubt and mistrust.'

Jag har farit långt bort sedan dess, och jag har sett många människor. Men allt har varit mig främmande, och allting dött, till dess att denna bok blivit skriven. Den skrevs under ljusa sommardagar, där skärgården slutar och det öppna havet tager vid. Och det skrevs av en ensam man, som icke längre är ensam. Under långa veckor har han sett ut över havet, vilket i likhet med det människoliv, som är värt att levas, aldrig är lugnt. Han såg där, att över upprörda vatten blinka fyrarna, och om också fyrarna skulle slockna, så tindra dock himmelens stjärnor. - 'I have traveled far away since then, and I have seen many people. But everything has been alien to me, and everything dead, until this book was written. It was written during bright summer days, where the archipelago ends and the open sea begins. And it was written by a lonely man, who is no longer alone. During long weeks he has looked out over the sea, which like the human life, which is worth living, is never calm. He saw there that over the troubled waters the lighthouses blink, and even if the lighthouses were to go out, the stars of heaven still twinkle.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'Jag har farit långt bort / allt har varit mig främmande / allting dött / denna bok blivit skriven / ljusa sommardagar / skärgården slutar / det öppna havet tager vid / en ensam man / icke längre är ensam / långa veckor / ut över havet / människoliv / aldrig är lugnt / upprörda vatten / blinka fyrarna / fyrarna skulle slockna / himmelens stjärnor' 立 'Swedish-1890s-Stockholm-skärgården' 之 'Swedish-domestic-novel' 代表—— 'Geijerstam-cum' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. world 84 分系因 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'Swedish-1890s-Stockholm-skärgården' 之代表. 'I have traveled far away since then, and I have seen many people. But everything has been alien to me, and everything dead, until this book was written. It was written during bright summer days, where the archipelago ends and the open sea begins. And it was written by a lonely man, who is no longer alone. During long weeks he has looked out over the sea, which like the human life, which is worth living, is never calm. He saw there that over the troubled waters the lighthouses blink, and even if the lighthouses were to go out, the stars of heaven still twinkle.'

Det var en gång en författare, vilken levde lycklig med sin hustru och sina tre barn. Han var så lycklig, att han själv icke förstod det, och under allt detta skrev han många böcker om människors olyckor. Vid detta tillfälle sprang emellertid ännu en liten pys omkring i rummen. Det var Olofs och Svantes lille bror, och han hade långt, lockigt och ljusgult hår och de största blåa ögon, som någon liten gosse kunnat ha. - 'Once upon a time there was an author, who lived happily with his wife and his three children. He was so happy that he himself did not understand it, and under all this he wrote many books about human misfortunes. On this occasion, however, another little fellow ran around the rooms. It was Olof's and Svante's little brother, and he had long, curly and light-yellow hair and the biggest blue eyes that any little boy could have.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'Det var en gång en författare / lille-bror / Sven / Nenne' 立 'det-var-en-gång-童话 + lille-bror 之' 双层' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-domestic-novel' 之 'opening-of-Swedish-domestic-novel'—— 'Geijerstam-cum' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. hook 90 分系因 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'Swedish-cum' 代表. 'Once upon a time there was an author, who lived happily with his wife and his three children. He was so happy that he himself did not understand it, and under all this he wrote many books about human misfortunes. On this occasion, however, another little fellow ran around the rooms. It was Olof's and Svante's little brother, and he had long, curly and light-yellow hair and the biggest blue eyes that any little boy could have.'

Han var så lycklig, att han själv icke förstod det, och under allt detta skrev han många böcker om människors olyckor. - 'He was so happy that he himself did not understand it, and under all this he wrote many books about human misfortunes.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'Han var så lycklig / att han själv icke förstod det / under allt detta / skrev han många böcker / människors olyckor' 立 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'founding-voice' 之 'Swedish-1890s' 之 'Swedish-cum-Strindberg' 代表—— 'Geijerstam-cum' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. innov 87 分系因 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'Swedish-novel' 之 'founding-voice' 代表. 'He was so happy that he himself did not understand it, and under all this he wrote many books about human misfortunes.'

Och så blev hon klädd i den vita klänningen, vilken hon icke begagnat, sedan hon var glad åt jorden och allt som jorden var. Allt blev gjort, som hon hade önskat, och inne i Svens lilla rum bäddades hennes sista bädd. Där låg hon med sitt rika svarta hår utslaget över den vita dräkten, och kring henne stodo alla vårens blomster. Bakom henne höjde sig mot det lilla fönstret en purpurröd azalea, och över bädden låg ett regn av gula rosor. Hon såg ut, som om hon sov, och hennes ansikte hade föryngrats i döden. Så gick hon till Sven, som hon själv hade sagt, och därför är detta »boken om lille-bror», som kom och blev sin moders ängel, om än ej som vi hade hoppats. Ty han tog henne med sig, när han gick. - 'And so she was dressed in the white dress, which she had not used, since she was glad of the earth and all that the earth was. Everything was done, as she had wished, and inside Sven's little room her last bed was made. There she lay with her rich black hair spread out over the white garment, and around her stood all the flowers of spring. Behind her rose against the little window a purple-red azalea, and over the bed lay a rain of yellow roses. She looked as if she were sleeping, and her face had been rejuvenated in death. So she went to Sven, as she herself had said, and therefore this is the "book about little brother", who came and became his mother's angel, even though not as we had hoped. For he took her with him, when he went.'

'Geijerstam' 以 'vita klänningen / Sven lilla rum / svarta hår / vita dräkten / vårens blomster / purpurröd azalea / gula rosor / hon såg ut som om hon sov / föryngrats i döden / Så gick hon till Sven / boken om lille-bror / moders ängel / han tog henne med sig' 立 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'dödens-boken-om-lille-bror' 之 'döden-och-lille-bror' 之双 关 之 'dödens-ängeln-coda'—— 'Geijerstam-cum' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 代表. ending 93 分系因 'Geijerstam-cum-Strindberg' 之 'Swedish-cum-naturalism' 之 'dödens-ängeln-coda' 之代表. --- 'And so she was dressed in the white dress, which she had not used, since she was glad of the earth and all that the earth was. Everything was done, as she had wished, and inside Sven's little room her last bed was made. There she lay with her rich black hair spread out over the white garment, and around her stood all the flowers of spring. Behind her rose against the little window a purple-red azalea, and over the bed lay a rain of yellow roses. She looked as if she were sleeping, and her face had been rejuvenated in death. So she went to Sven, as she herself had said, and therefore this is the "book about little brother", who came and became his mother's angel, even though not as we had hoped. For he took her with him, when he went.'