Poem by the Norwegian writer Helge Torvund

Eg føddest på ei slette

Eg føddest på ei slette

der havet var

lyd og strålar

Eg voks opp

til lyssmed

I dag

skin gardina

i aprilvinden

Musikken stig

og i min kropp

banker eg

lyset inn.

I was born on a plain

I was born on a plain

where the sea was

sound and rays

I grew up to be

a lightsmith

Today

the curtain gleams

in the April wind

The music rises

and into my body

I hammer

in light.