power-cut / strømafbrydelse

writing by candle light

(and with a fountain pen)

I'm given the name of the rose

skriver ved levende lys

(og med fyldepen) -

jeg får rosens navn

:

writing with ink

darkness is drawn out

to resemble letters

skriver md blæk

mørket strækkes ud

til at ligne bogstaver

:

power-cut

the wind is everything

now

strømafbrydelse

vinden er alting

nu

:

howling wind

this is how the West

is known

brølende vind

det er sådan vesten

kendes

:

falling out of the darkness a dog's barks

falder ud af mørket en hunds gøen

:

inside this pen

horses gallop across

a steppe

inde i denne pen

galoperer heste over

en steppe

:

mother tongue -

as is swells

it becomes emptier

modermålet -

når det svulmer

bliver det tommere

:

steadily through the power-cut growing hyacinths

støt og roligt gennem strømafbrydelsen voksende hyacinter