Nils-Aslak Valkeapää > Quotes

“I would like to die
as I have lived
disappear among the tundra winds
be transformed into birdsong”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“in the heart’s rain
in the eye’s fog
in the winter’s smoky snow
in whirling snow
in storms
wind which wants to tear my coat off
legends stories
the blood red dawn of the mind
the warm spring between your thighs
the only haven”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää

“I leave to arrive,
go away to be closer.”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“How about the one who
searches so urgently
he does not see anything else”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“It is already long ago
so long ago

How do I know
that you are not
an illusion of the senses
an invention of though”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“For a long time I though
that one had to accomplish something

Now I just watch
listen
receive

Live”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“I have not planned to become something
and what I do is not a job
I am not collecting money or property
I am not saving my life for the future

I belong to the wind
but I live
and this seems to be the intention of life
today I live
here and now
and if that is too much
I won't be alive tomorrow

That is the way it is and so what”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“Perhaps people only exist in my thoughts
Perhaps the sky only exists in my mind

When will I wake up and to what”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“If I met myself
after a few years
would I recognize myself

And these thoughts
what quarrels between them”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“Everything is so beautiful
I am afraid
to wake up again
to the hard world”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“I know
that you are waiting for a dawn
a wondrously beautiful future

I don't want to deny you that
because dreaming is the gift
of life”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“If it's worries you want
the whole world is yours”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“Days pass by, months and even years
The meaning of life is still
as unclear

In the evening I sit down
let my eyes travel

Days pass by, months
and even years”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“I leave now
to return

Travel far
to be close”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind

“What is it
the heart wants
why are the thought crying”
― Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Trekways of the Wind