Moje veče se spušta

      Odabrane poeme iz knjige "Moje veče se spušta" (My Evening Descends):

Moje veče se spušta, naslovna strana (1996).

9 January

My evening descends, And I see and feel That even the very dust Of my evening-world Is full of celestial bliss.

9. januar

Moje veče se spuštaI ja vidim i osećamDa je čak i sama prašinaMog večernjeg svetaPuna nebeskog blaženstva.

20 June 

My evening descends And tells me That what I need Is not a monk-like life, But a soul-like breath.

20. jun

Moje veče se spuštaI kaže mi Da ono što mi trebaNije monaški život, Nego duševan dah.

18 July

My evening descends And immediately takes me Into the temple Of God-surrender-bliss.

18. jul

Moje veče se spuštaI smesta me odvodiU hramBlažene predanosti Bogu.

26 July

My evening descends And tells me That God wants from human beings Only one thing: Constant progress.

26. jul

Moje veče se spušta I kaže miDa Bog želi od ljudskih bićaSamo jednu stvar: Neprestani napredak.

31 July

My evening descends And tells me That my happiness is a God-gift, And not my aspiration-result.

31. jul

Moje veče se spuštaI kaže mi Da je to što sam srećan poklon od Boga, A ne rezultat moje težnje.

2 August

My evening descends And tells me That what I need is not A mind to understand, But a heart to surrender.

2. avgust

Moje veče se spuštaI kaže miDa ono što mi trebaNije um koji razume, Nego srce koje se predaje.

28 August 

My evening descends, And I clearly see and feel That there is nothing to worry about, Whereas during the day Each and every thing worried me.

28. avgust

Moje veče se spuštaI ja jasno vidim i osećamDa nemam razloga za brigu, Dok me tokom dana Brinulo sve i svašta.

26 November

My evening descends, And God hopes to see in me A climbing heart, While I hope to see in God Two descending Feet.

26. novembar

Moje veče se spuštaI Bog se nada da u meni vidiSrce koje se uspinje, Dok se ja nadam da vidim u BoguDva Stopala koja silaze.

13 December

My evening descends, And whereas during the day I saw the path, Now I am taking the path.

13. decembar

Moje veče se spuštaI dok sam tokom dana Video stazu, Sad krećem stazom.

29 December

My evening descends And tells me That evening does not mean The end of my aspiration-day. On the contrary, It means the increase of My heart's mounting aspiration-flames. 

29. decembar

Moje veče se spuštaI kaže mi Da veče ne značiKraj mog dana težnje. Naprotiv, Ono znači rasplamsavanje Uspinjućih plamenova težnje mog srca.

Izbor i prevod: Dejan Maksimović