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Bogdanka Stojanovski

Summer

 

miris lavande / ispunjava mi sobu / dišem uspomene
the scent of lavender / fils my room - I'm breathing / memories

čamci / katarkama podbočili / nebo
the boats / prop up the sky / with the masts

kap po kap / drobi se oblak / na zemlju
drop by drop / cloud crumbles / to the ground

maestral / plešu pobodene katarke / u luci
maestral / masts dance / in the harbor

ribarske mreže - / pune ruke sreće / i osmeha
fishing nets / hands full of happiness / and smiles

podnevni dremež / presečen njakom / magarca
a midday slumber / is broken by the braying / of a donkey

za paukom / uz pritku / i ladolež
after a spider / along the pole / morning glory goes

livada / zaprašena bojama / leta
the meadow / is dusted with the colours / of summer

crkvena zvona / i lepet krila… / večernje
church bells / and the flapping of wings… / evening prayer

na pesku / beživotna meduza / kraj čarolije
on the sand / a lifeless jellyfish / the magic is gone

pun mesec / fenjer pod tremom / ubledeo
full moon / pavilion's lantern / grows pale

pišem haiku / more ga uporno / briše
I'm writing a haiku / the sea persists / in erasing it

zašto pisati? / kažem li more / - čist haiku!
why write? / if I say - the sea / a pure haiku!

na pola / srp mladog meseca / preseca noć
young moon sickle / cuts the night / in half

u plićaku / titrava igra senki / razmešta oblutke
in a shoal / flickery shadow's game / arranges the pebbles

gusto spletene / vinjage ruža drže / miris u prozoru
a densley knotted / rose rambler keeps the scent / near the window

glas la|ara / dugo putuje rekom / sparno veče
the boatman's voice / floats down the river / a sultry night

napuštena kuća / gde nedostaje crep / - zrak mesečine
forlorn house / where the potsherd missing / - moonshine

slikam / boja tvojih očiju / stapa se s nebom
I’m painting / colour of your eyes / fades with the sky


Copyright Bogdanka Stojanovski, 2005