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    Evening Stillness

    Feel how near Reality lives.
    She breathes close by
    on still evenings.
    Perhaps she shows herself when nobody realises.
    
    The sun glides over grass and rock.
    In her silent game
    is the spirit of life hidden.
    Never was he so near as this evening.
    
    I met a stranger, who was silent.
    If I had stretched out my hand,
    I would have brushed against his soul,
    as we passed each other with timid steps.


    Translated into English by Jenny Nunn in "To a friend".

    Swedish original



    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.