Magician's Wife

Catrin Welz-Stein, Ice Princess

I have dreamt
of endless white frosty plains
it is the same as the dreams
of my life
where to see is hateful
where to hear and breathe is hateful

Then you return
and the winter of a hundred years
comes to an end.
Now I remember
that I have seen the place too
where the sun shines on white lilies
in complete silence;
it was you who brought me to that place

I do not need anything now
may I just carry
the difficult things which will not let you