: :the poem : : she opened the book , looked over the first page for a little while , then began : tomten midvinternattens kld r hrd stjrnorna gnistra och glimma alla sova i enslig grd djupt under midnattstimma mnen vandrar sin tysta ban snn lyser vit p fur och gran snn lyser vit p taken endast tomten r vaken she read the first swedish verse to me in a clear , almost frosty voice .