Outside the Ring

Outside the Ring

I walk in a ring

around all there is.

And inside this ring

is your world.

My shade fell an instant

on the window glass.

I walk in a ring

around all there is.

And outside this ring

is my world.

Steinn Steinarr (“Utan Hringsins” in the original Icelandic)

Translation by Sheila Graham-Smith

© 2017

From Wikipedia:    

Steinn Steinarr (born Aðalsteinn Kristmundsson, 13 October 1908 – 25 May 1958) was an Icelandic poet.

Many Icelanders regard Steinn Steinarr as their greatest poet, although he remains almost unknown outside of Iceland, due perhaps to a lack of effective translations of his poetry.

Image links to its source on Wiki Commons:

Wassily Kandinsky (1866–1944) “Circles in a Circle” – 1923

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