Sunday, 10 July 2022

Ole Sarvig: 'Ordet' (from 'Menneske', 1948)


 

Ordet

 

Se, det står alene,

tankefast og ene,

suser som en sølvhvid poppel

i de myge grene.

 

(fra “Menneske”, 1948)

 

 

The word

 

See, it stands alone,

unyielding, on its own, 

rustling like a silver pine

in its pliant branches.

 

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