Thursday 8 February 2024

Anna Greta Winge: 'Havstrutens unge'

Larus Marinus

 

HAVSTRUTENS UNGE

 

Han ligger där i sin skreva

i hård triumferande vårsol.

Äggskal klibbar i dunet

från boet, fem meter fjärran.

Han blinkar mot skarpa ljuset.

Så skarpt skall blicken sikta,

så skarpt skall näbben stinga

i fiskbukens glidande silver —

och vingarna: vida, vida ...

Ja. Om en sommar. Om tusen ...

Den lille kurar i blåsten,

han trycker sig inåt och somnar

i majblåst och störtande solljus.

Vinden ritar en liten bena i dunet.

 

 

GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL’S YOUNG ONE

 

He lies there in his crevice

in hard triumphant spring sun.

Egg shell clings to the down

from the nest, five metres away.

He blinks at the sharp light.

So sharply will his gaze aim

so sharply will his beak sink

into the gliding silver of the fish’s belly –

and his wings: wide, wide …

Yes. A summer from now. A thousand …

The small bird huddles in the wind,

presses itself inwards and falls asleep

in May wind and plunging sunlight.

The wind traces a small bone in the down.


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