Translations by David McDuff

The poems below are published with kind permission by David McDuff from his book "Karin Boye: Complete Poems". For other translations see the start page for the english translations.

For the Tree's Sake (1935)

Nowhere 
Walpurgis Night 
You Call For People 
Cherub 
That Hour 
The Night's Deep Violoncello 
Yes, Of Course It Hurts 
A Stillness Expanded 
You Are The Seed 
If I Could Follow You 
Blonde Morning 
Ripe As A Fruit 
Farewell 
Now I Know 
My Skin Is Full Of Butterflies 
The Tree Beneath The Earth 
Our Eyes Are Our Fate 
Confession 
Prayer To The Sun 
Young Wills Whine 
The Doorway 
Idyll 
For The Hour Of Great Humiliation  
Pyre 
Invulnerable 
Knowledge 
Dwarf Pine 
The Mouths 
Sea Prayer 
The Way Is Narrow 
The Wanderer In The Desert 
Your Warmth 
Legend 
Eternity 

Published with the permission of:
David McDuff, translation.
Ulf Boye, copyright of the Swedish original.
May and Hans Mehlin, Layout.

For more information, please visit the website of David McDuff and his own pages with the translations.