JOŠ UVEK S NAMA ...

STILL WITH US ...

Anto GARDAŠ
(1938-2004)

Anto Gardaš rodjen je 21.5.1938. g. u Agićima kraj Dervente. Diplomirao je pravo na Pravnom fakulatetu u Zagrebu. Objavio je oko četrdeset knjiga, uglavnom za mladje čitatelje: romane, bajke, priče, pjesme i igrokaze. Takodjer, objavio je pet samostalnih zbirki haiku poezije. Primio je nekoliko nagrada za romane i poeziju u Hrvatskoj. Njegov haiku nagradjivan je i pohvaljivan na mnogim natječajima u zemlji i inozemstvu. Anto Gardaš umro je u Osijeku, 10.06.2004.

Anto Gardaš was born in Agići near Derventa on 21st May, 1938. He graduated from the Law School in Zagreb. He has written about forty books, mostly for younger readers: novels, fairy-tales, stories, poems, role plays. He published five haiku collections. He received several awards for his novels and poetry in Croatia. His haiku was awarded and commended on many haiku contests both in Croatia and abroad. He died in Osijek, 10.06.2004.

Procvale šljive.
Svaka krošnja zuji
istu melodiju.

Blossoming plums.
Every crown buzzing
the same tune.

Jorgovan cvate!
Hrpa godina na ledjima
postaje lakša.

Blossoming lilac;
a heap of years on the back
becomes lighter.

Golub -
kljunom
broji korake.

A pigeon -
counting the paces
with its beak.

Skriven u travi
pod zrakom sunca oživi
komadić stakla.

Hidden in the grass
a piece of glass becomes alive
under the ray of sun

Režući dinju
sjetih se da još nisam
nahranio psa.

Cutting a melon,
I found out I still hadn't
fed up my dog.

Sav je moj život
samo kapljica vode
i - ništa više.

My whole life is
just a drop of water
and - nothing more.

Iz zbirke "Sjaj mjesečine/The Moonlight Brightness", Osijek, 2003.