From “Aase’s Death” [“Backlit Horses”]
By Aase Berg
Translated By Johannes Göransson
Translated from the Swedish
Backlit horses
Tropical nights
Pink dusk over the woods
Widestretching fields
Far away quails yell
into the air
A mechanical toy rattles
across the courtyard
The wind’s feet
touch the field
as when a spaceship
is just about to land
Notes:
Read the translator's note by Johannes Göransson.
Source: Poetry (September 2025)