Bijeli ljudi u bijelim bundama

Bijeli ljudi u bijelim bundama

Bijeli ljudi u bijelim bundama

u bijelim saonama s bijelim konjima.

Osam osnijezenih bregova tisine.

Nebo je postalo bijela ploca.

Golemi valovi snijeznog pejsaza

gone ga u teturanje.

Zamoren, pred vrtoglavicom,

da oslobodi oci

prolio je snijegom crveno vino.

© 1956, Ivan Slamnig

From: Aleja poslije svecanosti

White people in white fur-coats 

White people in white fur-coats

in a white wagon drawn by white horses.

Eight snow-covered hills of silence.

The sky has turned into a white board.

Huge waves of snow

make the landscape stumble.

Tired, on the verge of vertigo,

in order to give rest to his strained eyes,

he spilled some red wine on the snow.

© Translation: 2003, Sibila Petlevski