by Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967)
Translation by Elmer Rafael Diktonius (1896 - 1961)

Anna Imroth
Language: English 
Cross the hands over the breast here - so.
Straighten the legs a little more - so.
And call for the wagon to come and take her home.
Her mother will cry some 
and so will her sisters and brothers.
But all of the others got down and they are safe
and this is the only one of the factory girls who wasn't lucky
in making the jump when the fire broke.
It is the hand of God and the lack of fire escapes.

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Anna Imroth
Language: Swedish (Svenska)  after the English 
 Korsa händerna här över bröstet så. 
 Räta ut benen en liten smula till så. 
 Och kalla på vagnen att föra henne hem. 
 Hennes mor skall gråta lite
 och lika så hennes systrar och bröder. 
 Men all de övriga kom ner och är i säker het
 och hon var den enda av fabriksflickorna
 som ej lyckades med språnget när elden utbröt. 
 Det är Guds hand och bristen på brandstegar.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-16
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Word count: 69