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    THOSE DARK ANGELS...

     
    Those dark angels with blue glames
    like flowers of fire in their black hair
    know answers to strange blasphemous questions -
    and perhaps they know where the bridge goes
    from night's depths to daylight -
    and perhaps they know the haven of all unity -
    and perhaps in the father's house there is
    a bright dwelling that has their name.
                                   

    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.