(-19) ZID POSTOJANJA

Vidi! 

Glista.

Krenula nekud.

Izvadih skalpel. Posjekoh je. Na pola.

Na ovaj način od jedne gliste nastaju dvije gliste;
i odmah je počela regeneracija.
Vremenom, gliste će nadoknaditi
polovinu koja im nedostaje.

I upitah dvije gliste: kada je vaš rođendan?
Onda kada je rođena prvobitna glista
ili danas kad sam je prepolovio?

© Enes Halilović
Aus: Zidovi
Beograd: Albatros plus, 2014
Audioproduktion: Serbian PEN Centre 2018

(-19) THE WALL OF EXISTENCE

Look!

An earthworm.


It’s going somewhere.


I took out a scalpel. I cut it. In two.


In this way from one, two earthworms originated;

and the regeneration started right away.

With time, the earthworms will restore

the half they miss.


I asked two earthworms: when is your birthday?

Then when the first earthworm was born

or the day when I cut it in two?

Translated by Danijela Jovanović