STEPENIK

STEPENIK 

I ovaj kamen kazuje
Umesto mene:
Jezičak je pravatre
Cakli i svetluca
Iz drevnog sna
Na mome pragu.
Čuva mi kuću i ognjište
A noću pali zvezde i svice.
Ovaj pradavni kamen – prag
Kazuje mi rodoslov
I pronosi imena predaka
Trošeći sebe sama.

DOOR - STEP

This stone talks

Instead of me

The tiny flame is pre-fire

It shines and gleams

From the old dreams

On my door-step

Guarding my home and fireplace

Lighting the night stars and fireflies

This ancient stone - door-step

Tells me my pedigree

The names of my ancestors

While spending itself.

                       Publishing: Sentinel Poetry, 2007