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Guardian Angel

Rolf Jacobsen, Rolf Jacobsen poetry, Secular or Eclectic, Secular or Eclectic poetry,  poetry, [TRADITION SUB2] poetry, Christian poetry by Rolf Jacobsen
(1907 - 1994) Timeline

English version by
Robert Bly

Original Language
Norwegian

Secular or Eclectic
Christian : Catholic
20th Century

I am the bird that flutters against your window in the morning,
and your closest friend, whom you can never know,
blossoms that light up for the blind.

I am the glacier shining over the woods, so pale,
and heavy voices from the cathedral tower.
The thought that suddenly hits you in the middle of the day
and makes you feel so fantastically happy.

I am the one you have loved for many years.
I walk beside you all day and look intently at you
and put my mouth against your heart
though you're not aware of it.

I am your third arm, your second
shadow, the white one,
whom you cannot accept,
and who can never forget you.

 

 

-- from The Winged Energy of Delight, Translated by Robert Bly

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Themes

  Birds
  Dawn
  Heart
  Light
  Spring Blossom


Recommended Books


Night Music: Selected Poems, by Rolf Jacobsen / Translated by Robert Hedin
Night Open: Selected Poems, by Rolf Jacobsen / Translated by Olav Grinde
North in the World: Selected Poems of Rolf Jacobsen, A Bilingual Edition, by Rolf Jacobsen / Translated by Roger Greenwald
The Roads Have Come to an End Now: Selected and Last Poems of Rolf Jacobsen, by Rolf Jacobsen / Translated by Robert Bly
The Winged Energy of Delight, Translated by Robert Bly

 

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