Danijela Jovanović
angleščina
(-7) KONGRES STRAHOVA
U tamnom prostoru,
iza zatvorenih vrata, daleko od očiju javnosti,
održava se kongres strahova.
Peščanik ima strah:
Niko me neće okrenuti.
Zid ima strah:
Zazidaće me, ostaću bez vrata i prozora.
Hodnik ima strah:
Niko nikada neće zaspati u meni.
Jezero ima strah:
Presušiću pa će svako gaziti po mom dnu.
Epidemija ima strah:
Ako umorim sve ljude, neću imati kuda da se širim.
Košulja ima strah:
Završiću kao potirača u kupatilu.
Svetionik ima strah:
Sviće! Plašim se, nikada neće omrknuti.
Lopta ima strah:
Probušiću se i moja rupa biće važnija od mene.
Led ima strah:
Postaću opet ono što sam bio, a potom
ko zna na koju ću stranu.
Cipela ima strah:
Nekome biću velika, Nekome mala.
I svaki od strahova potvrđuje:
Ja nisam najveći od svih strahova.
Ovo je gubljenje vremena.
Iz: Zidovi
Beograd: Albatros plus, 2014
Avdio produkcija: Serbian PEN Centre 2018
(-7) CONGRESS OF FEARS
In a dark space,
behind the closed door, far from the public eye,
a congress of fears is taking place.
A sandglass has a fear:
No one will invert me.
A wall has a fear:
They will wall me in, I’ll be without doors and windows.
A corridor has a fear:
No one will ever fall asleep in me.
A lake has a fear:
I will dry out and everybody will walk over my bottom.
An epidemic has a fear:
If I kill all the people, I wouldn’t be able to spread.
A shirt has a fear:
I will end up as a mat in a bathroom.
A light house has a fear:
It’s dawning! I’m afraid, it will never get dark.
A ball has a fear:
I’ll be perforated and my hole will be more important than me.
An ice has a fear:
I will became again what I used to be, and then
who knows where will I end up.
A shoe has a fear:
I’ll be too big for somebody, I’ll be too small for somebody.
And each of the fears confirms:
I’m the biggest of all fears.
This is a waste of time.