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Grass and Heaven

Jasminka's Windy Home


Village / Selo

 

riđi konj vuče
sumorno svoju senku
kola ih prate

roan horse
towing its shadow -
the cart follows

 

crkveno zvono
potmulo jeknu - ptice
izbezumljene

a bell from the church
inaudibly moaned once more
birds being driven mad

 

selo još spava -
ide putem kraj crkve
sanjivo pseto

the village asleep -
along the path by the church
a sleepy puppy

 

bulke uz prugu
ispraćaju vozove
konji što pasu

along the railroad
poppies waving to trains ...
horses grazing

jara -
u podnevnoj zvonjavi
treperi crkva

tremulous air -
the church bells ringing
on a summer afternoon

 

zelena bara
iznad i ispod isto -
žalosna vrba

a green pond surface
above and below the same -
weeping willow

 

večernje nebo -
na krovove kuća
pada mrki sneg

evening sky -
on the village roofs
falls a dark snow

 

miriše orah
mesec visi nad selom -
kako da odem ?

walnut tree fragrance
and moon hanged over village -
how could I leave now ?

 

jutarnje sunce -
bela noćna košulja
visi na žici

morning sun -
white nightgown
hangs on the wire

 

prašnjavi drum -
kotrljaju se trešnje
i smeh dečaka

dusty road -
rolling down cherries
and a boy´s laugh

 

seoski put -
belasa se u sumrak
perje gusaka

dusty country road -
whitish goose feathers
at the dusk

 

pijane momke
izvodi konobarica -
jutro u magli

waitress leads
drunk youth out of the bar -
morning in the mist

 

Credits

Copyright by Jasminka Nadaskic Diordievic, 2001