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Haiku Plus - Ivan Kolaric

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haiku plus

 

 

Kako je slatka / CRVENA TRE[WA / I beli crv u woj

How sweet is / RED CHERRY / And white worm in it

 

Razgovor te~e / VENTILATOR HLADI / Oro{eno mi ~elo

Conversation / VENTILATOR IS ON / My forehead is bedewed

 

Dete isplazi / QUBI^AST JEZIK / Od borovnica

The child sticks out / HIS TONGUE VIOLET / Of blue berries

 

Gledam album / SLIKE GOVORE SVE / Setih se we

I'm watching the album / PHOTOS ARE TELLING EVERYTHING / I've remembered her

 

Nesta{ni vetar / POMILOVA I PONESE RU@E / Sa letwe haqine

Naughty wind / CARESSED AND TOOK ROSES / From the summer dress

 

Ki{a umila / KO[AVA O^E[QALA / Pitomi kesten

The rain washed / THE WIND BRUSHED / Edible chesnut

 

Moja ku}a / ZARASLA U KOROV / Suze same teku

My house / ALL IN WEEDS / Tears are falling down my face

 

Na izvoru / [AKOM PIJEM VODU / Bqesnu sunce

On the spring / I DRINK WATER WITH MY PALM / Gleam of the Sunshine

 

Zvezda mi namignu / POSLE SUNCA MESEC - / uvek dolazi

Star winked to me / AFTER THE SUN - / the Moon always comes

 

Ki{ne kapi se / DOBUJU]I PO SPOMENIKU / pretvaraju u suze

While palling on the tomb / STONE RAIN DROPS ARE TURNING / into tears

 

Ve~erwa sparina / UBIH SIVOG KOMARCA / {iknu moja krv

Night heat / I KILLED THE GRAY MOSQUITO / my blood in it

 

Pun mesec / OBASJAO SUNCOKRETE / - On bled, oni pokuweni

Full Moon / SUN FLOWERS / It is pale and they are dismal

 

Jutros u avliji / [ETAJU]E LEPEZE / paun i }uran

This morning in the garden / WALKING FANS / peacock and turkey-cock

 

Neko prolazi / KROZ DUBOK SNEG / pas dugo laje

Someone is passing / THROUGH DEEP SNOW / dog barks

 

Zimska no} / SNEG SITNO VEJE / - izrawaju uspomene

Winter night / SNOW FALLS SLOWLY / - memories emerge

 

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Ivan Kolaric, a professor in philosphy and ethics, lives in Uzice, Yugoslavia. Uzice is small town on the river Djetinja under Zlatibor mountain, located in the west of Serbia.

You can read more of his work at http://uzice.org.yu/uzicani/kolaric.

 

 

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