Laza Kostić~ poezija

 I dream dreams

" I’m dreaming dreams, and the dreams I dream
Do like pearls in the darkness gleam
In dreams I live, in dreams I breathe,
And though I try with all my might
I can not seize what I perceive.

I’m dreaming dreams, and the dreams I dream
I’d like to paint them as they’re seen
But as they slip away so quietly
Like morning dew at once they seem
When from my heart they do retreat.
But rest now upon those dreams
Your bosom of pearly gleam
Giving cool shade where you lie;
And once you freeze them on a screen
You’ll follow that which you espy. " L.Kostic

Snove snivam

Snove snivam, snujem snove,
snujem snove biserove,
u snu živim, u snu dišem,
al' ne mogu sitne snove,
ne mogu ih da napišem.
Snove snivam, snove snujem,
u slike bih da ih kujem,
al' su sanci poletanci,
ne mogu ih da prikujem
srcu mome laganome.
Al' nasloni na te snove
tvoje grudi biserove,
dve ledene biser kapi:
ta bi studen smrzla snove,
sve te slike sledila bi. 

'Tween wakefulness and the dream

Oh, heart of mine, alone standing,
Who has called you to my home?
you tireless dreaming-knitter,
knitting from a quite thin fiber
'tween wakefulness and the dream.

Oh, heart of mine, heart demented,
with this knitting, what do you mean?
Like the knitting of the old maids,
what the day knits, the night unbraids,
'tween wakefulness and the dream.

Oh, heart of mine, heart resentful,
may 'bolt take you from this realm,
why not let me while still living,
discern yourself in the knitting
'tween wakefulness and the dream!

Među javom i med snom

Srce moje samohrano, 

ko te dozva u moj dom?
neumorna pletisanko,
što pletivo pleteš tanko
među javom i med snom.

Srce moje, srce ludo,
šta ti misliš s pletivom?
k'o pletilja ona stara,
dan što plete, noć opara,
među javom i med snom.

Srce moje, srce kivno,
ubio te živi grom!
što se ne daš meni živu
razabrati u pletivu
među javom i med snom!