[zagotovo vem, da naju bo]

by Tone Škrjanec

zagotovo vem, da naju bo

nekega dne z zemlje odnesel

nenaden, tih piš vetra.

izginila bova v razkošni,

pisani spirali

skrivnostni kot znak,

ki prikliče ptice v afriko,

ki daje jelenom

moč

in

rogovje.

[i know for sure that one day]

by Tone Škrjanec

i know for sure that one day

we’ll be carried off the earth

by sudden, silent blast of wind.

we’ll disappear in a fancy

multi colored spiral

mysterious like a signal

calling birds to Africa,

giving deer

their strength

and

antlers.

translated from Slovenian by Ana Pepelnik & Matthew Rohrer
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