i would i could reach out and touch

We just spent an hour outside watching the night sky. Two falling stars, Jupiter hovering above the treetops, and I have no words of my own, absolutely none, for what I'm feeling right now.


DON PEDRO

Your silence most offends me, and to be merry best
becomes you; for, out of question, you were born in
a merry hour.

BEATRICE

No my lord, my mother cried; but then there
was a star danced, and under that was I born.

--Shakespeare


Stjärnorna

När natten kommer
står jag på trappan och lyssnar,
stjärnorna svärma i trädgården
och jag står ute i mörkret.
Hör, en stjärna föll med en klang!
Gå icke ut i gräset med bara fötter;
min trädgård är full av skärvor.

--Edith Södergran

The Stars

When night falls
I stand on my porch and listen,
the stars swarm in the garden
and I stand outside in the dark.
Listen, a star fell, singing!
Do not walk on the grass with bare feet;
my garden is full of shards.

--my translation