Trekways of the Wind 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

“I leave to arrive,
go away to be closer.”
― 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

“How about the one who
searches so urgently
he does not see anything else”
― 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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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 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