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    Translations by Jenny Nunn

    The following poems have been translated into English by Jenny Nunn in "To a friend":

    CLOUDS (1922)
  • Inwards
  • Memory
  • Spellbound
  • Nameless
  • You are my purest comfort


    • HIDDEN LANDS (1924)

  • The Way Home
  • The Stars
  • Hush Now
  • Evening Stillness
  • Spring Water
  • The Wish
  • To a Friend
  • The Amazon


    • THE HEARTHS (1927)

  • Each Word From You ...
  • Everything, Everything I Owned
  • I Know When You Enter ...
  • I Want To Meet ...
  • On The Move
  • The World Is Dreamt ...


    • FOR THE TREE'S SAKE (1935)

  • Nowhere
  • Walpurgis Night
  • Cherub
  • Of Course It Hurts
  • A Stillness Unfolds
  • You Are The Seed
  • Could I Follow You
  • Blond Morning
  • As Ripe As A Fruit
  • Farewell
  • My Skin Is Full Of Butterflies
  • Prayer To The Sun
  • Young Wills Whine
  • Idyll
  • Funeral Pyre
  • Invulnerable
  • Knowledge
  • Your Warmth


    • POSTHUMOUS (1941)

  • To You
  • Many Voices Speak
  • Now Is The Immense Time of Waiting
  • How Can I Tell ...
  • Everything Contains You
  • At The Bottom Of Things
  • The Calm Steps Beyond
  • The Dark Angels


    • Copyright © 1997:
    Translation from Swedish into English: Jenny Nunn
    Swedish original: Ulf Boye

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