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Grass and Heaven

Jasminka's Windy Home


Starry night / Zvezdana noć

 

zvezdano jato
nad smrznutim drvećem -
zare se skupa

flock of bright stars
over frozen trees -
sparkling together

 

noć puna zvezda
pritisla moje selo -
kako da odem

a night full of stars
pushing down on my village -
how can I leave now

 

kasna letnja noć -
mesec, oblak i
žar cigarete

deep summer night -
moon, cloud and
glow of cigarette

 

pasja vrućina
do kasno u noć -
vašarski metež

a terrible heat -
noise of crowd on the fair
deeply in the night

 

groznica -
kroz prozorsko okno
trepere zvezde

a long fever -
in the window
twinkling of the stars

 

nesanica -
kroz prozor voza promiču
svetiljke grada

sleepless night -
city light are passing away
through the train window

 

noćna vožnja -
kroz grane golog drveća
trepere zvezde

night driving -
through branches of barren woods
twinkling of the stars

 

zvezdana noć -
s kraja na kraj prozora
rastu šare mraza

starry night -
frost patterns grow
from the window's edge

 

dugačke senke
uđoše u dvorište
pre nas - pun mesec

moonlit garden -
my long shadow enters
before me

 

mesečina
crta prsten oko bare -
duboka tišina

a clear moonlight
drawing ring around the pond -
deep silence

 

pramenje magle
prekrilo grad - bledunjav
mesec izviruje

locks of mist
veiling the city - a pale moon
peeps through

 

sparna noć -
zaustavljam dah
od munje do groma

hot night -
I hold my breath
between lightning and thunder

 

prolećni vetar
rasterao oblake -
sjatile se zvezde

June breeze
dispels clouds -
flock of stars

pun mesec
proboden čempresom -
besana noć

full moon
on the top of cypress -
sleepless night

 

mesec upao
u reku - posrebreni
lokvanji u snu

moon drops into river -
silverly water lily
in a deep sleep

 

korov i vetar -
du
ša samotnjaka je
ranjena ptica

the weeds and the wind -
soul of a lonely man
is a wounded bird

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