Lidija Nikčević: Stanica

Great Britain

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

FRANCE

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Germany

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Italia

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Albania

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Poland

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Russia

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Slovakia

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Sweden

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

Slovenija

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar

North Macedonia

LOST MANUSCRIPTS

I don’t deny it: I write untruthful,

deceitful lines. The method

is the same from text to text.

However, here and there it’s possible to find

a line or two with a worrying degree of truth.

Not long ago, looking for completely different

texts, I found among rare

manuscripts the following words:

The most important cities are those

already buried — new ones are not

worth founding. The best languages

have died out — there is no point in inventing better ones.

The most respected schools were situated

in gardens now abandoned.

The most interesting manuscripts are lost…

It is worth discovering, them. For us,

surviving members of the Babylonian library.

Translated by Evald Flisar