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Dane Zajc

Unutterable Unwritten

unutterable unwritten
embedded in the mystery of the world

the vicinity of its eyes
it comes all of a sudden
it drinks you
it sips yours
and you its eyes

an elongated moment
erasing all that was
will be
what you\'ve done what you\'ve seen

a desert comes
staggering comes
then suddenly it lunges
it spreads itself out
the shroud of the irrevocable

you know you should not invoke it
nor whisper it
you know you\'ll kill it
destroy it - word

I said wrote uttered it
it that is the reminiscence of finality

Neizgovorljiva nezapisana

Neizgovorljiva nezapisana

neizgovorljiva nezapisana
zakamnjena v skrivnost sveta

blizina njenih oèi
ki naenkrat pride
ki pije tvoje
ki srka tvoje
ki ti njene oèi

v razpotegnjenem trenutku
ko zgine kar je bilo
kar bo
kar si delal kar videl

pride pušèava
pride opotekanje
naenkrat plane
naenkrat se razprostre
mrtvaški prt dokonènosti

veš da je ne smeš poklicati
tudi ne zašepetati
veš da jo boš ubil
da bos unièil besedo

rekel zapisal izrekel sem jo
ki je spomin na blizino konènosti
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Unutterable Unwritten

unutterable unwritten
embedded in the mystery of the world

the vicinity of its eyes
it comes all of a sudden
it drinks you
it sips yours
and you its eyes

an elongated moment
erasing all that was
will be
what you\'ve done what you\'ve seen

a desert comes
staggering comes
then suddenly it lunges
it spreads itself out
the shroud of the irrevocable

you know you should not invoke it
nor whisper it
you know you\'ll kill it
destroy it - word

I said wrote uttered it
it that is the reminiscence of finality

Unutterable Unwritten

unutterable unwritten
embedded in the mystery of the world

the vicinity of its eyes
it comes all of a sudden
it drinks you
it sips yours
and you its eyes

an elongated moment
erasing all that was
will be
what you\'ve done what you\'ve seen

a desert comes
staggering comes
then suddenly it lunges
it spreads itself out
the shroud of the irrevocable

you know you should not invoke it
nor whisper it
you know you\'ll kill it
destroy it - word

I said wrote uttered it
it that is the reminiscence of finality
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