Translations by David McDuff

The poems below are published with kind permission by David McDuff from his book "Karin Boye: Complete Poems". For other translations see the start page for the english translations.

Clouds (1922)

Clouds
A Buddhist Fantasy
The Nightjar
To a Sphinx
Idea
Evening Prayer
Crossroads
The Best
Morning Song
Early Spring
A Painter's Wish
To an Unknown Descendant
Inwards
Bare Frost
The Spring's Expectancy
Wish-Night
O a Blade...
You
Morning
Dream
To Beauty
Memory
The Exhortation
Recovery
The Doors
Homeless
If This Life is the Only One...
Small Things
Saved
Awakening
Explanation
You are My Purest Consolation
The Maple
Dream Vision
The Gods
To Carolina Rediviva
Anxiety
Via Media
Winter Night
Spellbound
The Nameless
Pray for One Thing

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.