#Mikaela Grassl

[majestativa]

The velvet-dark […] by my side without reflections.

— Tomas Tranströmer, The Sorrow Gondola/Sorgegondolen, transl by Michael McGriff and Mikaela Grassl, (2010)

[the-end-of-art]

The only thing I want to say

April and Silence by Tomas Tranströmer translated by Michael McGriff and Mikaela Grassl Spring lies deserted. The velvet-dark ditch crawls by my side without reflections. All that shines are yellow flowers. I’m carried in my shadow like a violin in its black case. The only thing I want to say gleams out of reach like the silver in a pawnshop.

[majestativa]

I swim out in a trance on the glittering dark waters.

— Tomas Tranströmer, The Sorrow Gondola/Sorgegondolen, transl by Michael McGriff and Mikaela Grassl, (2010)

[majestativa]

The bright shore hypnotizes the dark one.

— Tomas Tranströmer, The Sorrow Gondola/Sorgegondolen, transl by Michael McGriff and Mikaela Grassl, (2010)

[majestativa]

November offers candies made of granite. Unpredictable!

— Tomas Tranströmer, The Sorrow Gondola/Sorgegondolen, transl by Michael McGriff and Mikaela Grassl, (2010)