Wyn / Lāð

By Unknown
Translated By M.L. Martin
/ungelīc is ūs
/different for us



who need
to weave


            lāð / pain
into each other’s



wyn / pleasure


who sink our teeth
into each other’s necks


& howl like wolves
when it hurts


& drown
in the long ecstatic


note of that
howling

Translated from the Old English

Notes:

Read the translator’s note by M.L. Martin.

Source: Poetry (September 2024)