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    Nowhere

    I am sick from poison. I am sick from a thirst,
    for which nature has not created a drink.
    
    From the ground burst forth streams and springs.
    I bend down and drink from the veins of the Earth
    its sacrament.
    
    The air overflows with holy rivers.
    I stretch up and feel my lips wet
    from white ecstasies.
    
    But no´where, no´where ...
    
    I am sick from poison. I am sick from a thirst,
    for which nature has not created a drink.


    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.