Poem
Borben Vladović
Washing on the Line
Backyards of the poor by the railwaywere cut by
washing lines with clothes drying.
Women’s wet hearts were drying
and the frozen legs of trousers.
Train carriages were
making a noise and in their reflecting windows
clothes were fluttering and travelling
instead of their owners.
Passengers
get their eyes, hands, ears,
mouths covered, but not their noses
so they can smell their destination
piled with neat clothes
© Translation: 2004, Miloš Đurđević
Rublje na užetu
Rublje na užetu
Siromaška dvorišta uz prugupresijecaju
užeta s rubljem koje se suši
Suše se mokra ženska srca
i hlače smrznutih nogavica
Kloparaju
vagoni u čijim odraznim prozorima
rublje leprša i putuje
umjesto njihovih vlasnika
Putnici
daju si vezati oči, ruke
uši, ista, ali ne i nos
da bi namirisali svoje odredište
puno spremljenog rublja
© 2000, Borben Vladović
From: Lirika
Publisher: Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb
From: Lirika
Publisher: Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb
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Washing on the Line
Backyards of the poor by the railwaywere cut by
washing lines with clothes drying.
Women’s wet hearts were drying
and the frozen legs of trousers.
Train carriages were
making a noise and in their reflecting windows
clothes were fluttering and travelling
instead of their owners.
Passengers
get their eyes, hands, ears,
mouths covered, but not their noses
so they can smell their destination
piled with neat clothes
© 2004, Miloš Đurđević
From: Lirika
From: Lirika
Washing on the Line
Backyards of the poor by the railwaywere cut by
washing lines with clothes drying.
Women’s wet hearts were drying
and the frozen legs of trousers.
Train carriages were
making a noise and in their reflecting windows
clothes were fluttering and travelling
instead of their owners.
Passengers
get their eyes, hands, ears,
mouths covered, but not their noses
so they can smell their destination
piled with neat clothes
© 2004, Miloš Đurđević
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