Lidija Nikčević: Stanica

Great Britain

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

FRANCE

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Germany

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Italia

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Albania

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Poland

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Russia

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Slovakia

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Sweden

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

Slovenija

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević

North Macedonia

From the Diary

Day after day the same images

repeated themselves: my unadaptability

to the quantity of unknown lives. But, it was on that morning

that I woke up unusually early.

Passing through the town, I thought

about libraries, the mystical experience

of the Eastern sages, whose narrations

I had listened to throughout the previous nights. During the same morning,

I even managed to formulate some verses

that were facing destruction.

In vain, even that didn’t help: I felt

comfortable only when they would call me

a desert dweller. Soon I returned,

carrying under my arm a book about Don Juan’s teachings.

Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević