Great Britain
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
FRANCE
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Germany
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Italia
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Albania
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Poland
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Russia
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Slovakia
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Sweden
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
Slovenija
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević
North Macedonia
Silence
Sometimes, and it can last for hours,
I start to obliterate every conversation.
I hide the words persistently and, in unison with them,
displace myself
as their apparent creator. I renounce myself of
the most horrifying benediction. My feelings,
experiences and earthly adventures I, simply,
do not express: I am silent. After that episode
it happens that I cannot discern
the Brahmin way of life from the silence
in the public reading room. (That is, clearly, the consequence,
of my fetishised attitude to books.)
And, it seems, every silence possesses
different meanings. What consolation,
then, does my adoration of the mystics bring?
All the stories have been told, they say.
But, what if every silence has been exhausted,
what if there is nothing left to keep secret?
Translated by Aleksandra Nikčević Batrićević