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    Invulnerable

    Invulnerable, invulnerable
    is the one who understands the Word:
    Happiness and unhappiness do not exist.
    There is only life and death.
    
    And when you have learnt that and stopped hunting the
      wind
    and when you have learnt that and stopped being afraid
      of the blowing wind,
    then come back to me and teach me once more:
    Happiness and unhappiness do not exist.
    There is only life and death.
    
    I began to spell, when my desire was born,
    and will stop spelling, when my desire is at an end.
    The secret of the Word
    we acquire in death.


    Translated into English by Jenny Nunn in "To a friend".

    Swedish original



    Copyright © 1997:
    Translation from Swedish into English: Jenny Nunn

    Published with the permission of:
    Jenny Nunn, translation.
    May and Hans Mehlin, Layout.
     
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