Unpublished poem by the Danish poet Emil Aarestrup (1800-1850)

DU VAR DEN FINE ROSE

Du var den fine Rose,

Blegrød i Sommerluften,

Og jeg var Atmosphæren,

Som fyldte sig med Duften

YOU WERE THE ROSE IN FLOWER

You were the rose in flower,

Pale-red in summer’s radiance,

And I the air around you

That filled itself with fragrance.