When two surrender to each other
they are subject
to the force of creation
the momentous, awesome force of creation
that it is
which causes the grass to grow
the flowers to bloom
clouds to sail across the sky
and sets auguries in sun and moon.
Treet og krossen
1934
(The Tree and the Cross)
Aslaug Vaa (1889 – 1965)
Norwegian poet and playwright
