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)