Kritika metafore
Kritika metafore
Dve reči tek da se kažu dodirnu se
I ispare u nepoznato značenje
Koje s njima nikakve veze nema
Jer u glavi postoji jedna jedina reč
A pesma se piše samo zato
Da ta reč ne bi morala da se kaže
Tako reči jedna drugu uče
Tako reči jedna drugu izmišljaju
Tako reči jedna drugu na zlo navode
I pesma je niz oslepljenih reči
Ali je ljubav njihova sasvim očigledna
One žive na račun tvoje komotnosti
Sve su lepše što si nemoćniji
A kad iscrpeš sve svoje snage kad umreš
Ljudi kažu: bogamu kakve je taj pesme pisao
I niko ne sumnja u reč koju nisi rekao
Criticism of metaphor
Two words touch as soon as you say them
And disappear into the meaning unknown
That has nothing to do with them
Because in head there is only one word
And poem is written just so
you don't have to say that word
That's how words teach each other
That's how words invent each other
That's how words influence each other badly
Poem is a string of blinded words
But their love is quite obvious
They live on the account of your comfort
The more powerless you are the more beautiful they are
And when you drain all your strength, when you die
People say: goodness, what a beautiful poetry he wrote!
And nobody suspects of the word that you never spoke
(Translated by Aleksandra Milanović)
Critique of Metaphor
Two words touch as they’re spoken And evaporate into unknown meaning Completely unrelated to them There's only one word in the headWhile the poem is written just so that that word remains unsaid
Thus words teach one another
Thus words invent one another
Thus words coax one another to wickedness
A poem's just a string of blinded words
Though their love is entirely obvious
They live to comfort you
The more beautiful for your helplessness
When you finally exhaust your powers in death
People will say: he wrote truly great poetry
None suspecting the word you never spoke