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Anka Zagar

GO AWAY TOBIAS, AND DO NOT HANG AROUND

go away tobias, and do not hang around
dark is this city, it does not pay attention to you
every time there is love you can hear the street,
even when the window is shut  

go away tobias, and do not hang around
enter the city the way you go into a text, say:
I live here, I am coming here only
to open the window, then I am leaving

go away tobias, and do not hang around
do not break words, do not break them
for they are the first and the last dwellers
of those cities you left behind

and, if the earth is spherical like a god
we are to meet again
earthly
from top to bottom
through love and light

go away tobias, and do not hang around
your body is a poem
through pores of which
I breathe
and read

what season are you  
at my door

tremulous collision  

GO AWAY TOBIAS, AND DO NOT HANG AROUND

idi tobija, i ne zadrzavaj se
taman je ovaj grad, tebe vise ne vidi
i kad je prozor zatvoren, cuje se ulica
svaki put kad bude ljubav

idi tobija, i ne zadrzavaj se
u grad udji kao u tekst, kazi:
je ovdje ne zivim, samo dodjem
otvorim prozor, i odem

idi tobija, i ne zadrzavaj se
ne lomi rijeci, ne lomi ih ne
one su prvi i posljednnji stanovnici
gradova koje napustas

i, ako je zemlja okrugla kao bog
mi cemo se ponovno sresti
ozemljeni
posve
od ljubavi i svjetlosti

idi tobija, i ne zadrzavaj se
pjesma je tijelo tvoje
kroz cije pore
disem i
citam

kooje si mi godisnje doba
na vratima

titrav sudar
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GO AWAY TOBIAS, AND DO NOT HANG AROUND

go away tobias, and do not hang around
dark is this city, it does not pay attention to you
every time there is love you can hear the street,
even when the window is shut  

go away tobias, and do not hang around
enter the city the way you go into a text, say:
I live here, I am coming here only
to open the window, then I am leaving

go away tobias, and do not hang around
do not break words, do not break them
for they are the first and the last dwellers
of those cities you left behind

and, if the earth is spherical like a god
we are to meet again
earthly
from top to bottom
through love and light

go away tobias, and do not hang around
your body is a poem
through pores of which
I breathe
and read

what season are you  
at my door

tremulous collision  

GO AWAY TOBIAS, AND DO NOT HANG AROUND

go away tobias, and do not hang around
dark is this city, it does not pay attention to you
every time there is love you can hear the street,
even when the window is shut  

go away tobias, and do not hang around
enter the city the way you go into a text, say:
I live here, I am coming here only
to open the window, then I am leaving

go away tobias, and do not hang around
do not break words, do not break them
for they are the first and the last dwellers
of those cities you left behind

and, if the earth is spherical like a god
we are to meet again
earthly
from top to bottom
through love and light

go away tobias, and do not hang around
your body is a poem
through pores of which
I breathe
and read

what season are you  
at my door

tremulous collision  
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