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Grass and Heaven

Jasminka's Windy Home


Time ... / Vreme ....

 

veliki oblak
polako guta mali -
vreme za ru
čak

one big cloud
bolts another little one -
lunch time

dašak lepote -
trenutak koji mine
donosi tugu

a breeze of beauty -
a moment that passing out
brings melancholy

 

opada lišće
nikog ne očekujem
šetam usamljen

falling leaves,
I don't expect anyone -
walking alone

chute des feuilles,
je n'attends personne -
marchant seule

(tr. S. Tome)

 

kiša lagano
dobuje - dobuje i
zrelo kestenje

the rain is drumming
slowly - slowly are drumming
the ripe chestnuts too

 

po sporom hodu
prepoznaje se jesen
kiše dolaze

by its slow dim steps
fall can be identified
rain time is coming

 

nadjoh jutros svoj
štap za planinarenje
okićen listom

this morning I found
my mountaineer hiking stick
enriched with some leaves

zjutraj se čudim -
moja pohodna palica
je vzbrstela
(tr. M. Hudnik)

 

prolazi sprovod
tek pas se tromo vuče
za mrtvim klovnom

going to his grave
just a dog trudges along
behind the dead clown

 

dugo miriše
komadić istorije -
kesten pred kućom

for a long time smells
little peace of the history -
chestnut in the yard

 

visoko gore
raspevan ptičji hram
blistavo jutro

very high up -
a temple full of larksong
dazzles my morning

(tr. an'ya)

 

peče se hleb
u staroj trošnoj peći
pucketa prošlost

fresh bread is baking
in an old and worn oven
the past is crackling

du pain frais qui cuit
dans un vieux four usé
le passé crépite

(tr. S. Tome)

 

koračam putem -
sprovode me orasi
stablo po stablo

walking down the path -
one tree after another
nuts are leading me

 

rodna kuća -
sred ruševine
izrasla višnja

birth house -
from the ruin spring up
a cherry tree

 

jutarnji mraz -
kroz pahulje bučno
promiče voz

morning frost -
through snowflakes
passing noisy train

 

četrdeseta -
moj rodjendan slave samo
sede u kosi

aged forty now -
my birthday celebrate only
gray hairs

 

peron u magli -
kroz kloparanje vozova
rominja kiša

station in the mist -
through the noise of passing train
rain is drizzling

 

muk praznog gnezda -
ostaci ptičjih jaja
ispod drveta

empty nest stillness -
remains of bird eggs
under maple tree

 

dugačke noge
proteže na suncu -
komarac

his long legs
spreads on the sun -
mosquito

 

Credits

Copyright by Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, 2001