Anthology of Poetry 2023 ‘Confessions’ is published on 10th July 2023. / Antologija poezije 2023. 'Confessions' objavljena 10. srpnja 2023.
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1.
ISPOVIJEST
Ispovijest. Nije
lako sebe ogoljeti,
Svoju bol il' sreću
stavljati na stol
Pa gledati
blagovanje koje će boljeti.
Okrutnost, žeđ i
bratsku mržnju,
Vjerom u sitost
njihovu se tješiti,
Iznemoglo se vrtjeti
u tom žrvnju...
Još od iskona, ne
gasne te lave žar,
Empatija se u njenom
dimu guši,
Svijeća dogorjelih,
gasi se plam.
Ta ispovijest... Pa,
ona boli. Boli...!
Autorca: Zdenka Mlinar
Hrvatska
CONFESSION
Confession.
It’s not easy to bare yourself,
To place your pain or luck on a table
And watch the feast which would hurt.
To seek solace in belief that
cruelty,
Thirst and brotherly hatred are fed,
To spin wearily in that mill…
Since the days of yore
embers of that lava burn unquenched,
Smothering empathy in its smoke,
Extinguishing flames of candles burnt
out.
That confession… Well, it hurts. It
hurts...!
Prijevod: Anita Vidaković
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2.
NEĆU BITI TIŠINA
NEĆU biti
nečujna i bez sjaja,
Ehom olujnim,
plamtjeti hoću.
Ćutjeti svaku radost
i svaku bol,
Ususret ići
zabranjenom voću.
BITI u
službi velikih srca želim
I škarama koje
samo sreću kroje
Trpljenja i boli
želim rezati,
Izlijevati na njih
dugine boje...
TIŠINA. Ne
opišemo li je, nema je,
I ne oslikamo
li je, isto joj se piše.
Švelja i pletilja
ničega tad postaje,
Ispraznost u vremenu
koje ne diše.
Neću biti tišina.
Pjev života volim,
A s proljeća, žudnjom ptice gorim.
Autorica: Zdenka Mlinar
Hrvatska
I DON’T WANT TO BE SILENCE
I DON’T WANT to
be quiet and lacklustre,
With a stormy echo I want to burn.
To feel each joy and each sorrow,
To walk toward forbidden fruit.
TO BE in
the service of grand hearts
Is what I wish
And with scissors
Designed to tailor happiness
I wish to cut suffering and pain
And pour colours of the rainbow
Over them…
SILENCE. Unless
we describe it, it is gone,
Unless we paint it, it’s all the
same.
A seamstress and weaver of nothing
it becomes then,
Emptiness in a time which doesn’t
breathe.
I don’t want to be silence. I love
the song of life,
And, as spring comes, I burn with a
bird’s yearning.
Zdenka Mlinar
Croatia
3.
UČENICA LJUBAVI
UČENICA sam
škole ljubavi,
Čežnja srca me k
njoj vodi.
Empatija mi bilo
prožima,
Nit zvjezdana sa
mnom hodi.
Iskru svjetla želim
užgati,
Cvijetu uvelom nadu
dati.
Amajliju sreće za nj
uzbrati.
LJUBAVI svetoj
hoću služiti,
Umijećem njenim se
opijati.
Budna, tamne joj
noći plužiti.
Abeceda života nek'
mi bude,
Vjera u sutra, vjera
u ljude...
Imovina srca, za
dane sušne.
Zdenka Mlinar
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SCHOLAR OF LOVE
SCHOLAR OF love’s
school
Is what I am,
Guided to it by my heart’s desire.
Empathy runs through my veins,
Thread of stars walks with me.
I want to ignite a spark of light,
To give hope to a withered flower.
To pick it an amulet of luck.
LOVE is
sacred
And I wish to serve it,
To take delight in love’s artistry.
To plough its nights
As I lay awake.
Let love be my alphabet of life,
My faith in tomorrow,
My faith in people…
Property of my heart,
For the rainy days.
Prijevod: Anita
Vidaković
