Joakim Bergen

The Spring

Holy, all-holy Spring,

Your womb is snow

Your mother the Time

Father the all-loving Sun;

Golden mountains!

The spring-dawn is here!

Oh, it winds ‘round

The crop, the tree, the stone;

Spills into the streams.

The wildlife bursts with new-found vigor,

The cities echo alive!

Oh, both nature and culture in tune!

And love blossoms midst the roses

More crimson, more pleasant than the

Flower. And love! And I love!

The cool spring soothes the warm

Winter wounds.