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Jacobsen, Rolf: Red sunset (Aftenrøden in English)

Portre of Jacobsen, Rolf

Aftenrøden (Norwegian)

Som om alt var godt
holder bergene frem sine skåler
for søster Dag når hun vasker dine sår.
Tankefullt tømmer hun ut sitt lys i dem
- blod, alltid denne blodstreng,
dette grums av død på bunnen
sier hun til søster Natt mens hun brer deg ned
og klirrer med stjerner ved din seng.



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Source of the quotationhttp://www.abbiebetinis.com

Red sunset (English)

As if all were good
the foothills offer their bowls
to Sister Day when she bathes your wounds.
Thoughtfully she empties her light into them
- blood, always this same string of blood,
these grounds of death on the bottom,
she says to Sister Night as she tucks you in
and rattles the stars by your bed.



Uploaded byP. T.
Source of the quotationhttp://www.abbiebetinis.com

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