Far Within Us #1by Vasko Popa
We raise our arms
The street climbs into the sky
We lower our eyes
The roofs go down into the earth
From every pain
We do not mention
Grows a chestnut tree
That stays mysterious behind us
From every hope
We cherish
Sprouts a star
That moves unreachable before us
Can you hear a bullet
Flying about our heads
Can you hear a bullet
Waiting to ambush our kiss
(translation by Anne Pennington)
2 comments:
unbelievable... the war on gaza? i don't know how else to interpret this... r.
Glad you like it.
No, the poem has nothing to do with war in Gaza. He was a surrealist poet, influenced by the French surrealism...
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