Angeli zu bili

Zac noge tvoje sada u tanci ne igraju?
Zac jazik tvoj pisni ne poje?

uzdahnu dusa vele gorko,
tere pogleda oko sebe u pakal
i vidi zvizdu greduci k sebi
vele svitlu.

A ono bise angel njegov(a)...


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Prigni sto je otvrdio, ogrij sto je zamrzlo, vrati
sto je stranputo.

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Why do you legs not dance?
Why does your tongue not sing?

His soul sighed bitterly,
looked around itself in Hell
And saw a shining star
approaching.

It was his angel.

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Soften that which is rigid, warm that which is
cold, straighten that which is twisted.

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Tondal's vision, c12.
Dialogos.
Translated by John Tyler Tuttle