The Sava and Danube Confluence

The Sava and Danube Confluence

Rosy radiance

arises from Zemun

a swimmer

from the south comes

a dialogue starts

on the spot where two rivers embrace

this is not a fugitive

or a line of sufferers

but a deep foundation dug

the one carrying the stone

is Stephan

the founder.

(Translated by Mirjana N. Radovanov Mataric, 2012 ©)

(Credit to Ratomir Damjanović: text from his personal collection of writings on Belgrade)