Poem
Anka Zagar
GO AWAY TOBIAS, AND DO NOT HANG AROUND
go away tobias, and do not hang arounddark 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
© Translation: 2003, Sibila Petlevski
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
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
© 1987,
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GO AWAY TOBIAS, AND DO NOT HANG AROUND
go away tobias, and do not hang arounddark 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
© 2003, Sibila Petlevski
GO AWAY TOBIAS, AND DO NOT HANG AROUND
go away tobias, and do not hang arounddark 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
© 2003, Sibila Petlevski
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