Svenska Akademien: Tankebrott

Tidig hst
Fem mn parkerade p en trappa
Platsen r till namnet trdgrn
Ont om grs i denna arma trdgrd
Spottar snus, rker cigaretter
Omedvetna om vartt scenen vetter
Tv av dem blddrar bland skrynkliga papper
Slarvigt, oorganiserat, samlade i plastfickor, pappmappar
Frenesin hrskar p denna kalla trappa
Stela fingrar, frusna leder
Mod som skingrar regler, seder
Dom tre vriga av dom fem msom str, msom sitter
Gestikulerar, talar hetsigt, diskuterar
Ordningsmaktens fyra gon betraktar dom
Ty deras gon lyser rtt, icke grtt
Det visar skuld och tankebrott
Kalla krar lngs ryggraden hos betraktarna
Omedvetna om den oro dem frorsakar
hos ordningsmakten som vaktar, bevakar
Samlar mod och kraft bland falska sanningar
Detta det fientliga flummet i det offentliga rummet fr under inga omstndigheter accepteras
Det tenderar att underminera kontroll
Tvenne uniformerade mn marscherar mlmedvetet mot fem unga huliganer
Vilka med all skerhet planerar upplopp och stkigheter
Ty deras gon lyser rtt, icke grtt
Det visar skuld och tankebrott
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==English translation==
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Early autumn
Five men hanging out on some stairs
The location is called "The Garden"
Not much grass in this decrepit garden
Spitting snuff, smoking cigarettes
Seemingly unaware of the stage and the audience
Two of them leaf through wrinkled papers
Messy, disorganized, kept in plastic cases, folders
A frenetic air envelops these cold stairs
Stiff fingers, frozen limbs
Courage melts away rules, customs
The other three, sometimes standing, sometimes sitting,
Gesticulates, speaks heatedly, discusses
Four eyes of the long arm of the law observes them
For their eyes shine with an inner red light
Showing guilt and thought-crime
Chills down the spines of the audience
Unaware of the concern they've caused
to the policemen, who guard and watch
Gathering courage and strength among false truths
This subversive activity can under no circumstances be accepted
For it undermines all control
Two men in uniform march purposefully towards five young insurgents
Who are obviously planning riots and tumult.
For their eyes shine with an inner red light
Showing guilt and thought-crime