Dane Zajc

ISTI

Language: slovenian

Translations: german (DERSELBE)

ISTI

Je na drugem svetu. Enakem.
Je drug na enakem svetu. Enak
Je enak na istem svetu. Drug na drugem
Isti

Je tebi enak. Je enakih las
Enakih rok. Enake glave
Enakih oči. Enakega pogleda. Enake starosti
Je isti.

Enakih norosti. Enakih ljubezni
Enakih izkušenj. Enakih ljubljen.
Ki zdajle misli isto
Enakih plesov gugastih korakov
V mrežeh mraka v polnočnih zankah
ujet v iste nastave.
Isti.

Enakih ran. Enakih brazgotin
Enakih dvomov. Enakih zmot
Enakih cincanj. Enakih padcev.
Je ti te sluti.

Ko te zagleda ko te v razpokani luči
Ko te med ljudstvom ki izumira istega
Ko te slutnjo ko te senco istega sebe
Reče ko te zagleda
Joj, kakšen smisel. Kakšen dvojni nič. Ha.
(Brblja iste besede. Vrti isti jezik.
Istež.)

Dane Zajc

photo © Jože Suhadolnik

* 26.10.1929, Zgornja Javorščica , Slovenia
† 20.10.2005, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Dane Zajc, born in 1929 near the village of Moravče, a poet, essayist and playwright who, until his retirement, worked as a librarian in Ljubljana.

Considered the doyen of postwar poets, he was active in the foundation of numerous literary magazines, including Review 57, Problems and Perspectives, which he also edited. He also writes for children; his poetic dramas or dramatic poems are his special field. Poetry: Požgana trava (Burnt Grass, 1958), Jezik iz zemlje (Tongue from the Ground, 1961), Ubijavci kač (Snake Killers, 1968, Pesmi (Poems, 1974), Rožengruntar (1974), Pesmi (with Strniša and Kovič, 1976), Si videl (Did you see, 1979), Zarotitve (Conjurations, 1985), Dol dol (Down down, 1998). Drama: Otroka reke (Children of the River, 1963), Potohodec (The Wanderer, 1971), Voranc (1978), Mlada Breda (Young Breda, 1981), Kalevala (1986), Medeja (1988), Grmače (Rocky Peak, 1994).

photo © Jože Suhadolnik

As one of the best contemporary Slovene poets he has won all important national literary awards.

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