The Selected Poems
of
Gustaf Fröding

Translated by Henrik Aspán

In collaboration with Martin Allwood

In Youth

The stream is a glittering beautiful sight,
the trees full of twittering creatures.
I'm lying here lazy, an idle child
in the lap of my mother, Dame Nature.
From earth to heaven all there is
is a singing beauty and shining bliss.

I think there's a message for me from above
of wonderful days to enthral.
My blood is uneasy, I think I'm in love.
With whom? — Alas, I'm in love with it all!
I wish that heaven and earth, every part
in the shape of a girl, lay close to my heart!

The Selected Poems of Gustaf Fröding

Translated by Henrik Aspán

In collaboration with Martin Allwood

In Youth

The Selected Poems
of
Gustaf Fröding