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Poetry

Impromptu

Translated from Norwegian
When the snow covers your grave you have forgotten the snow.

When the snow covers your grave you have forgotten the snow.

Translation of “Impromptu.” Copyright 1994 by Rune Christiansen. By arrangement with the author. Translation copyright 2011 by Agnes Scott Langeland. All rights reserved.

English Norwegian (Original)

When the snow covers your grave you have forgotten the snow.

Translation of “Impromptu.” Copyright 1994 by Rune Christiansen. By arrangement with the author. Translation copyright 2011 by Agnes Scott Langeland. All rights reserved.

Impromptu

Når snøen dekker graven din har du glemt snøen.