Kad umrem,
obavezno ostavite prozor otvoren.
Hoću da nastavim da budem prizor
kroz koji sa tobom hodam
korak prirastao uz korak
kao neistražena životinjica
u šetnji
iz jedne u drugu vrstu.
I gramofon da ste mi uključili.
Ne volim tango sa traka,
još manje savršenstvo kompakt diskova.
Želim da na miru igram sa tobom
mislima
taj ples koji sam sa sobom pleše.
Nađite mi ploču koja pucketa.
Volim da volim u šumovima.
Otvorite mi sva tvoja pisma.
Žudim da ih njušim,
onako kako sam ih uvek čitala.
Na sto, kraj postelje
koja je uvek i samrtna,
stavite mi školjku i malu mirišljavu sveću.
Ako nađete miris vanile,
puno ste mi učinili.
Ako zapovedni način prevedete
na jezik želje da biva neispunjena,
poveriću vam svog psa.
Kad pomislite da me nema,
ako se ne upitate o poreklu
mojih zahteva,
voleću vas više
nego žive.
THE LAST LESSON IN TENDERNESS
When I die,
you must make sure the window is open.
I want to continue to be a landscape
in which we are walking toghether
our steps joined together
like an undiscovered little animal
taking a stroll
from one species into another.
And make sure the record player is on.
I don’t like tango on tapes,
even less the perfection of compact discs.
I want to dance with you in peace
in my thoughts
that dance which can dance with itself.
Find me a record that crackles.
I love to make love to noise.
Open to me all your letters.
I long to sniff them,
the way I’ve always read them.
At the table, by my bedside,
which was always a deathbed too,
put a shell and a small scented candle.
If you could find the flavor of vanila,
you’ll do me a great favor.
If you translate the imperative
into the language of a wish
that doesn’t wish to be fulfilled,
I will let you have my dog.
When you think that I am gone,
if you don’t question the origin
of my requests
I will love you more
than alive.
Poèmes traduits du serbe en anglais par l’auteur
Poem from the collection Twenty Poems About Love and One Love Poem – Dvadeset pesama o ljubavi i jedna ljubavna
