Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Hans Christian Andersen: 'Naar Alnaturen slumrer' (1823)


 

Naar Alnaturen slumrer

Og Skoven staaer Vinterdragt

     Naar Sneen fyger

     Og hurtig stryger

     Af Marken hen

Naar Boreas med sine Storme

Besøger Sjølunds skjønne Egne

Og De en Fugleskræmme skuer

Der ensom staaer paa nøgen Mark,

Da tænk paa mig!

 

Slagelse, den 4 Januari 1823

 

 

When all of Nature slumbers

And woods are in winter dress

     When snow starts drifting

     And swiftly sifting

     Across the fields

When Boreas with its chill winds

Rakes over Sealand’s lovely regions

     And you discern a distant scarecrow

     That stands alone in some bare field,

     Then think of me!

 

Slagelse, 4th January 1823

 

 

1 comment:

John Irons said...

What a gem! He is not yet 18 and having a hard time of it in Slagelse.