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    Srečko Kosovel

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    The Sun Laughs

    The sun laughs at the dead
    You
    with burning cheeks
    and with hearts burning,
    with fervent lips
    chanting
    to holy Righteousness.

    Rigid ascetics
    in blue coats,
    with a thought firmly
    fixed upon the future
    and with resignation
    in black eyes.
    I am luxury.
    © Translation: 2002, Katarina Jerin
    From: Integrals

    SONCE SE SMEJE

    SONCE SE SMEJE

    Sonce se smeje mrlicem:
    Vi
    s pekocimi lici
    in s srci pekocimi,
    z ustnicami vrocimi,
    prepevajocimi
    sveti Pravici.

    Trdi asketi
    v jopicih modrih,
    z mislijo, trdno
    v bodocnost uprto,
    in z resignacijo
    v crnih oceh.
    Jaz sem razkosje.
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    The Sun Laughs

    The sun laughs at the dead
    You
    with burning cheeks
    and with hearts burning,
    with fervent lips
    chanting
    to holy Righteousness.

    Rigid ascetics
    in blue coats,
    with a thought firmly
    fixed upon the future
    and with resignation
    in black eyes.
    I am luxury.
    © 2002, Katarina Jerin
    From: Integrals

    The Sun Laughs

    The sun laughs at the dead
    You
    with burning cheeks
    and with hearts burning,
    with fervent lips
    chanting
    to holy Righteousness.

    Rigid ascetics
    in blue coats,
    with a thought firmly
    fixed upon the future
    and with resignation
    in black eyes.
    I am luxury.
    © 2002, Katarina Jerin
    From: Integrals
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