О mysterious land, with its silvery haze gracely enveloped, -
fairy-tale paradise... amidst riddles of dearest dreams....
in the delicate lines of the love from the spring so seed-sprouting,
magic passionate dates and the carmine of sunset long beams…
And spring colored soft cord sounds here reserved and so agate-like,
amidst rippling and gurgling of streams and grass emerald fields,
here one will now seek to decipher the runic inscriptions’ life,
and the winds will bind over the flapping of innermost wings…
Land abundant with gorges and planes, with volcanoes mountainous
With the sudden soft call for the favoured and family home...
Freya's image related to message so magic and passionate,
that could not be upturned by the cruel and militant foe…
Sound guttural flies… that embodies the natural real breath,
a mysterious world reaching over the aliens’ shores,
fundamentals are basic with sagas and legends that are sublime,
through the curves of the way, with the favourite herds past at road.
In primordial nature abundant the roots are so clear,
that the wedding motif on one day will forever be found,
softly covering love with the golden and cold autumn leaves,
but so sad irretrievable nature of uttermost paths…
And there reigns the Helheim in strange gloomy and non-mundane images,
thus embodying earthly so sorrowful desperate end,
Helga meeting her darling with pleasing and cheering anchorage,
from the distant strange worlds... giving Death its end ransom to meet…
She will meet there her darling, through tragedies, morass of timelessness,
in the space where traditions don’t conflict with rhythm of new age
and will promise to find, through the ages, the sacred epiphany,
where the two souls’ concert will be never defeated by death…
And so piercingly clear, with pulsation eternal and fiery,
Filling heart, marking over the essence of lasting life-change,
From the child’s ever cry to the late blaze of troublesome memory
Flows Icelandic love song on the rift of the ultime time page…
1-4 July 2025
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Author:
cellinic (
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- Comment from author about the poem: A poetic response to the surprisingly harmonious, philosophical, multifaceted, poetic and subtle novel by the Icelandic writer Bergsvein Birgisson, "Response to Helga's Letter. The Icelandic Love Song", Doctor of Philology, poet, researcher of folklore and oral tradition of Iceland, winner and nominee of a number of European literature awards... This novel is about the confrontation of feeling and duty, and extremely difficult choice between them, about a thousand-year-old tradition and civilizational pressure upon it caused by the processes of globalization, about passionate forbidden love that unfolds against the backdrop of magnificent landscapes of the amazing island of Iceland, about Life and Death, reconciling everything and equalizing everyone through its inevitability...
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Comments5
Beautiful images that appear dreamlike but real and nature and myth melded as one. Nicely written
That is a beautiful write, wonderful imagery mixing myth with reality and nature, enjoyed the read
Here we are met with a sweeping, myth-laced hymn to Iceland,;a land where love, legend, and loss coalesce in the folds of time and landscape. It weaves Freyja’s magic with volcanic breath, runic mysteries with romantic destiny, tracing a journey that spans ancient sagas and spiritual rebirth. There’s an aching beauty in the inevitability of parting and reunion, where even Helheim becomes a threshold, not an end. Through elemental imagery and lyrical cadence, the poem suggests that love—when rooted in place, tradition, and the soul's longing, can transcend even death's grasp. It reads like a windswept ballad written on stone and sky.
Beautifully written with rich and evocative imagery painting vivid scenes that blend nature, mythology and emotion. Well done 👍
Damn it's good to be back for a while .. Neville
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