Under flitens lampa hon Antrade sin scen
FAr att fAlla masken fran Amnen fArdAmda
Och bryta fArtrollningen hos dessa
stralningsfenomen
Som bor och verkar I det gAmda
Med mAdans aror pa en obruten ocean
Av omvArldens passivitet
Beseglade
hon materialens mystiska karavan
Med vindflAjeln pekandes mot osynlig radioaktivitet
Sinnet brann av fArundran och ofArstAlld
passion
NAr mArkret upplystes av isolerat radium
Dock tArde dessa studier som den yttersta erosion
Och lidelsen blev ett lidande
I cellernas rum
Uppbyggnad, egenskap och omvandling
Ar orden som ekar i din livshandling
Marie Curie; din ande Ar
fri
Fran ouppfyllda drAmmar
Du tog kemi till radiologi
I alfapartiklarnas strAmmar
Marie Curie; din strAvan i
Att fArAdla
experimentens metoder
Skapade en helt nya akademi
Och du blev dess ledstjArna och mAder
[English
translation:]
RAYS
Under the lamp of diligence she entered her scene
To make the mask of cursed elements fall
And
break the spell over these radiation phenomenons
That live and work concealed
With the oars of toil on an unbroken ocean
Of
the passivity of the world around
She sailed the mystic caravan of the materials
With the weather vane pointing towards invisible
radioactivity
Her mind burned with fascination and undisguised passion
When the darkness was lit up by isolated radium
Yet
these studies consumed like the utmost erosion
And the passion became a suffering in the cells' rooms
Structure, attribute and
transformation
Are the words that echo in your life's work
Marie Curie; your spirit is free
From unfulfilled dreams
You
took chemistry to radiology
In the currents of alpha particles
Marie Curie; your ambition
To refine the methods of the
experiments
Created a completely new academy
And you became its guiding star and mother
