Poem
Damir Šodan
KAMTCHATKA
I dreamed that Kamtchatkahad broken off from the mainland
and was floating freely across the sea.
All the media covered the event.
(The Japanese were advised
to remain indoors.)
I ran through the city trying to find you
before the whole world fell apart,
but you were getting ready to go
to the movies with some women
I did not know. One of them stole my
coat. I was so desperate.
I screamed all night long,
but no one could hear me.
As if I’d been long dead.
© Translation: 2005, Damir Šodan and Stephen M. Dickey
Kamčatka
Kamčatka
sanjala sam da se Kamčatkaodvojila od kopna i da pluta
oceanom slobodna.
svi mediji su to prenijeli.
(Japancima je preporučeno
da ostanu u kućama.)
trčala sam gradom da te nađem
prije početka sveopće kataklizme,
ali ti si se spremao u kino
s nekim nepoznatim ženama.
jedna od njih mi je ukrala kaput.
bila sam tako nesretna.
svu noć sam vikala.
ali me nitko nije mogao čuti.
kao da sam umrla.
© 2001, Damir Šodan
From: Srednji svijet
Publisher: Naklada MD, Zagreb
From: Srednji svijet
Publisher: Naklada MD, Zagreb
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KAMTCHATKA
I dreamed that Kamtchatkahad broken off from the mainland
and was floating freely across the sea.
All the media covered the event.
(The Japanese were advised
to remain indoors.)
I ran through the city trying to find you
before the whole world fell apart,
but you were getting ready to go
to the movies with some women
I did not know. One of them stole my
coat. I was so desperate.
I screamed all night long,
but no one could hear me.
As if I’d been long dead.
© 2005, Damir Šodan and Stephen M. Dickey
From: Srednji svijet
From: Srednji svijet
KAMTCHATKA
I dreamed that Kamtchatkahad broken off from the mainland
and was floating freely across the sea.
All the media covered the event.
(The Japanese were advised
to remain indoors.)
I ran through the city trying to find you
before the whole world fell apart,
but you were getting ready to go
to the movies with some women
I did not know. One of them stole my
coat. I was so desperate.
I screamed all night long,
but no one could hear me.
As if I’d been long dead.
© 2005, Damir Šodan and Stephen M. Dickey
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