I dreamed of a house by the sea, so white it was no dream.
The summer night was so divinely clear
summer had long since gone.
I saw my love stand in the doorway,
saw her I had forsaken.
I dreamed of a house by the sea, so white,
of my love and the summer night
though it was very long ago
and though it was no dream.
(Text of the poem in the original Danish)
HENRIK NORDBRANDT
translated from the Danish by Patrick Phillips
When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems
The summer night was so divinely clear
summer had long since gone.
I saw my love stand in the doorway,
saw her I had forsaken.
I dreamed of a house by the sea, so white,
of my love and the summer night
though it was very long ago
and though it was no dream.
(Text of the poem in the original Danish)
HENRIK NORDBRANDT
translated from the Danish by Patrick Phillips
When We Leave Each Other: Selected Poems
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