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Monday, 17 November 2025

The Farmer in Wet Weather - Jónas Hallgrímsson

Goddess of drizzle,
driving your big
cartloads of mist
across my fields!
Send me some sun
and I'll sacrifice
my cow — my wife —
my Christianity!

Jónas Hallgrímsson (1807 - 1845) Iceland
Translated by Dick Ringler
Source: Jónas Hallgrímsson - Selected Poetry and Prose

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