an Eskimo song of the sea

The great sea
Has sent me adrift,
It moves me as the weed in a great river,
Earth and the great weather
Move me,
Have carried me away
And move my inward parts with joy.

translated into Danish by Knud Rasmussen
translated from Danish into English by W.E. Calvert

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