Listak - Leaflet 39 Autumn 2000

 

Hladno je
i potok usamljen otiče
u reku.

cold night --
a lonely brook flows
to the river.

Dimitar Anakiev

 

Osvrćem se
za svojom senkom -
č udi me veličina.

I keep looking back
at my shadow -
surprised at its size.

Mićun Šiljak

Dnom potoka
u bistroj vodi
ljeskaju beluci.

Down the stream's bed
in the clear water
white pebbles shimmer.

Slobodanka Luković

 

Škripi tramvaj
sa Zvezdare pun tračeva
psovki i gripa.

A tram-car screeches
down Zvezdara full of gossip
curses and the flu.

Dušan Vidaković

 

In the middle of
mysterious mist the sun
makes mist silver.

U sred tajanstvene
izmaglice sunce čini
maglu srebrnom.

Sofija Kanavan, age 10

 

Gladni vrapci.
Na sve strane odskaču
mrvice.

Hungry sparrows.
Hopping all around them
bread-crumbs

Filip Stojanovski, age 12

 

Veče kraj vode -
u tren
iznenadan pljusak.

Night near water -
for a moment
a suden shower.

Bogoljub Mihailović

 

Niotkud sna
a neda se gledati
veliki mesec.

Sleep won't come
eyes can no longer stand
the great moon.

Ljubinka Tošić

Leska pred kućom -
o svakoj resi
ledenica.

A hazel bush by the house -
on each catkin
an icicle.

Živojka Žujkić

 

Copyright Listak, 2000

Listak, the literary magazine of the Aleksandar Nejgebauer Haiku Club - Novi Sad, Yugoslavia