Ole Sarvig: 'Kristus i kornet' in English translation

Christ in the corn

I saw the corn last night,

the dreaming corn,

the corn and ears of all mankind ever

in these fields.

I saw it this morning around five o’clock,

when Christ came,

that pale hour, when children are born

and fires break out.

It was so beautiful. They slept so silently.

And Christ passed like a moon through the corn.