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    How Can I Tell ...

    How can I tell if your voice is beautiful.
    I only know, that it penetrates me
    and makes me shake like a leaf
    and tears me to shreds and splits me.
    
    What do I know about your skin and limbs.
    It makes me tremble that they  are yours,
    so for me there is no sleep or rest,
    till they are mine.


    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.