TABLE OF CONTENTS: ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix INTRODUCTION xi FROM THE SOURCES / KJELDENE (1946)
Snow and Spruce Forest / Snø og granskog 5
Snow in a Face / Snø i eit andlet 9
March 1945 / Mars 1945 11
Dark Ships Coming / Mørke skip innover 13
The Horse / Hesten 15 FROM THE GAME AND THE LIGHTNING /
LEIKEN OG LYNET (1947)
The Loon Heads North / Lomen går mot nord 21
The Smell of Spring / Vårlukten 23
A Word in the Fall / Eit ord om hausten 25
Late, in the Yard / Seint i tunet 27
Between Blue Shadows / Mellom blå skuggar 29
You and I Completely Still / Du og eg heilt stille 31
Dead Lake / Død sjø 33
Outside the Wind Whispers / Ute susar vinden 35
Farther and Farther Away (To a Writer) /
Lenger og lenger bort (Til ein diktar) 39
The Logger / Køyrekaren 41
The Lightning / Lynet 43
Rain in Hiroshima / Regn i Hiroshima 45 FROM THE WANDERER’S REWARD /
LYKKA FOR FERDESMENN (1949)
Where the Fire Burned / Der logen brann 49
The Serpent’s Way / Ormens veg over berget 51
Booming under Ice / Dunder under is 53
The Glass Wall / Glasveggen 55
And Then There Was the Dream / Slik var den draumen 57
Endlessly Rowing / Det ror og ror 59 FROM LAND OF HIDDEN FIRES /
LØYNDE ELDARS LAND (1953)
The Boat on Land / Båten ved land 65
The Footprints / Sporet 67
The Skewed House / Huset på tvers 69
We Fill the Widest Nights / Vi fyller dei vidaste nettene 73
Shadows on the Point / Skuggane på neset 75
Heat / Hete 79 FROM BE NEW, DREAM OF OURS /
VER NY, VÅR DRAUM (1956)
The Boat / Båten 89
A Nameless Ring in the Wood / Ein namnlaus ring i veden 91 FROM LIFE AT THE STREAM /
LIV VED STRAUMEN (1970)
The Small Rodents / Dei små gnagarane 97
Sun-corner / Sol-krå 99
The Boat and the Fish / Båten og fisken 101
Life at the Stream / Liv ved straumen 103
Through Naked Branches / Gjennom nakne greiner 109
From the Stoop / Frå stogetrammen 111
Journey / Reisa 113
The Bird / Fuglen 115
A Little Disturbance / Ei lita uro 117
The Boats on the Sand / Båtane på sanden 119
The Dark Eye / Det mørke auget 121
Shy Word / Sky ord 125
Underworld / I underjorda 127
In Thrall: on The Great Sinking /
MARE om Det Store Sòg 129
The Mountain That Wept (A Picture Painted by Sigmund Lystrup) /
Berget som gret (Eit bilete måla av Sigmund Lystrup) 133 NOTES 135 APPENDIX: A TARJEI VESAAS COLLAGE 137 INDEX TO NORWEGIAN TITLES 145 Return to Book Description File created: 11/5/2009 | 
