Himlaljuset (The summer light)

You have the clear summer light
around you when you come towards me,
The sky is our light tonight.
Look how the sky holds the light
like a cupola over the earth,
while the ground is slumbering.
The grass is dark with dew,
The green is slumbering in the grass.
Above us is the summer light
the whole summer night.

The peace of the night is right beside us.
The shadows of the trees watch in silence
how a leaf in the forest is stirred.
Never were you so close
as in the summer night.
Hold me so that I can hear your heart.
When you have your arm around me
when you are so warm around me
you are part of the summer light
resting in the night

We row out on the lake in our boat,
cutting the calm surface mirror
with our boat and the drops from the oars.
The echo from the sound of water
watches over shores and islands,
over the dark shimmer from the lake.
We are there until morning is broken
until night is mingled with day:
the rosy coloured summer light
leaves the summer night.

The bird song meets the sun
and in the cool mist from the lake
our night turns into morning.
Silver glitter from the sun
falls to the shining surface
and is caught by your eyes.
Your arm is still around me,
You are still so warm around me.
But I miss the summer light
- it stayed behind in the night.