Nature Poem

by Sjón

náttúruljóð
Nature Poem     

(i) 

in a hushed whir
the milkyway sends hails

(ii)

a silk glove, newsewn
blueberry shimmer of stars

(iii)

a redfeathered bird, windswept off course,
in the rib cage of a swan in decay

(iv)

an emotionally wavering
pinstraight rainbow

(v)

a honeycoated fly in a web
a dark patch on the end moraine

(vi)

of such diaphanous material
she moves anonymous through the city 

Translated by Meg Matich.