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EXPLANATION
In your beauty submerged
I see life explained
and the dark riddle's answer
made plain.
In your beauty submerged
I want to say a prayer.
The world is holy,
for you are there.
Endless with brightness,
light-engorged,
I would die with you,
in your beauty submerged.
Translated into English by David McDuff in "Karin Boye: Complete poems".
Swedish original
Copyright © 2005:
Translation from Swedish into English: David McDuff
Swedish original: Ulf Boye
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.