4 Self-translations by Danijela Trajković

By | 16 August 2019

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summer’s tongue licks
all our attempts
to build a home

we conjure rain
to show us where
foundations are

we pull out roots
collect brown leaves for the cellar
oranges for walls
yellow birds for windows

we are eternal tenants
waiting for winter
its fire scarf

and winter is as late as the trains in Serbia

our feet are bare
our bodies are cold
asphalt
two skies

winter is our mother
old woman
slow walk
she has no choice

but to come


Dom

letnji jezik liže
sve naše pokušaje
da sagradimo dom

prizivamo kišu
da nam pokaže
temelje

vadimo korenje
sakupljamo
braon lišće za podrum
narandže za zidove
žute ptice za prozore

večiti stanari
čekamo zimu
njene vatre šal

a zima kasni kao vozovi u Srbiji

žedne su nam ruke

noge bose
tela hladna
asfalt
dva neba

zima je naša majka
starica je već
spor je njen hod
nema drugog izbora

nego da dođe

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