Poem by Magnús Sigurðsson
Translated from Icelandic by Meg Matich

Vatnaskil

Hugarfljótið
hefur skolað mér
á þurrt.

Úr kallfæri.

Undir nýjum
himni.

Og ég sái

í nýjan
akur.

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Watershed

A flood of thoughts
has washed me
ashore.

Out of earshot.

Beneath a new
sky.

And now I plant

in an untouched
field.