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Well I think Manic put some poetry in a thread, so I can't resist to post one of my favorites, always actual especially now, on the edge of new dark times.
The English translation lost some of its original deepness, but I think the main feeling remained preserved.
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BLUE RIVER
No one knows where it is
we know little but it is known
behind the mountain, behind the valley
behind the seven, behind the eight
and even more wretched and even more weird
over tortuous over bitter
over berry over dogrose
over heat over freeze
beyond foreboding, beyond doubt
behind the nine, behind the ten
and even deeper and even stronger
beyond silence, beyond darkness
where roosters do not sing
where horns are not heard
and even more wretched and even more weird
beyond reason beyond God
there is a blue river
wide it is deep it is
a hundred years wide
a thousand summers deep it is
about its length don't even think
yetsam and flotsam unmending
there is a blue river
there is a blue river -
we must cross the river
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Mak Dizdar (1917-1971)
The English translation lost some of its original deepness, but I think the main feeling remained preserved.
***********************************************
BLUE RIVER
No one knows where it is
we know little but it is known
behind the mountain, behind the valley
behind the seven, behind the eight
and even more wretched and even more weird
over tortuous over bitter
over berry over dogrose
over heat over freeze
beyond foreboding, beyond doubt
behind the nine, behind the ten
and even deeper and even stronger
beyond silence, beyond darkness
where roosters do not sing
where horns are not heard
and even more wretched and even more weird
beyond reason beyond God
there is a blue river
wide it is deep it is
a hundred years wide
a thousand summers deep it is
about its length don't even think
yetsam and flotsam unmending
there is a blue river
there is a blue river -
we must cross the river
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Mak Dizdar (1917-1971)
