Pohvala vatri

Pohvala vatri

I

Ona nema nikoga osim sunca i mene

II

Ona se ukazuje lutalici

ukazuje se lukavom

ukazuje se zaljubljenom

Ništa nije izgubljeno u vatri

samo je sažeto

III

Na krajevima vatre

predmeti koji ne svetle

niti se nečim drugim odlikuju

traju u tuđem vremenu

Ptica koja sama čini jato

iz nje izleće

Uzmite šaku svežeg pepela

ili bilo cega što je prošlo

i videćete da je to još uvek vatra

ili da to može biti

Ode to the Fire

I

She has no one but the Sun and me

II

She appears to a vagabond

to the witty one

to the one in love

Nothing is lost in fire

it has only been interpreted

III

At the edges of fire

objects that don't glow

nor by any other means are,

last in somebody else's time

One-bird flock

flies out of it.

Take a handful of ashes

or anything that has passed

and you'll see that it still is fire

or that it could be

(Translated by Aleksandra Milanović)