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My 96 year old grandpa passed away today, he was an awesome man and a great inspiration to me. Here’s a poem he wrote and sent me when I moved to Los Angeles five and a half years ago. I made a half-ass attempt to translate it as well – my translation is not nearly as good – but you can still get the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Struntpratets Lov<\/strong>
\nStundom k\u00e4nns behov att prata
\nP\u00e5 landet eller stadens gata
\nD\u00e5 undran, skall man s\u00e4ga n\u00e5t’ av vikt
\nOm religion, politik, samh\u00e4llsplikt
\nNej. Allvarsorden kan br\u00e4nna till
\nDet \u00e4r knappast vad man vill
\nSamtalet kan d\u00e5 bli genast fryst
\nS\u00e5, kalaset \u00e4ven b\u00f6rja tyst
\nEtt lekfullt sk\u00e4mt som allom gl\u00e4der
\nEller b\u00f6rja snacka lite v\u00e4der<\/p>\n

Och s\u00e5 en komplimang kan g\u00f6ra susen
\nSnygga slipsen – fina blusen
\nKanske lossnar det d\u00e5 till sist
\nF\u00f6r nog \u00e4r det s\u00e5, helt visst
\nAtt n\u00e4r intet struntprat bliver sagt
\nBlir det f\u00f6ga social kontakt
\nVarf\u00f6r skall orden alltid vara s\u00e5 kloka
\nL\u00e5t vardagssnacket fl\u00f6da, sk\u00e4mta, toka
\nAtt \u00f6ppna d\u00f6rrn’ – en uppgift att fylla
\nS\u00e5 d\u00e4rf\u00f6r struntpratet man kan hylla
\nJa, kanske n\u00e5gra fr\u00f6n av enkla glosor
\nKan v\u00e4xa till ett f\u00e5ng av rosor
\n– Gunnar Axberg<\/td>\n

A Praise for Smalltalk<\/strong>
\nSometimes you feel the need to talk
\nOn the country side or city street
\nThen you wonder, should you say somethin’ important
\nAbout religion, politic, social duty
\nNo. Serious words can burn
\nIt is hardly what one intended
\nThe conversation can then be frozen
\nAnd the party become quiet
\nA playful joke that makes everyone smile
\nOr to talk some weather<\/p>\n

And compliment can do the trick
\nBeautiful tie – nice blouse
\nPerhaps it breaks the ice at last
\nIsn’t it so, surely
\nThat when no nonsense becometh said
\nThere will be little social contact
\nWhy should the words always be so wise
\nLet the small talk flow, joke around, be a fool
\nOpening the door – a responsibility
\nSo you should celebrate the chit-chat
\nWell, maybe some seeds of simple change of words
\nCan grow to a bouquet of roses
\n-Gunnar Axberg<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

<\/p>\n

Here’s a photo taken of him this past August.<\/div>\n
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