Vasko Popa (조영필 역)
보리수나무 유령들
내 고향 출신 건축업자는
그의 거리 가로수 길의
벌목을 잊을 수 없다
그는 손으로 눈을 덮는다
꿈에서 나는 보리수나무 잎의 날개를 가진
새들에게 공격을 받습니다
LIMETREE GHOSTS*
The builder from my home-town
Can't forget the felling
Of the avenue of trees in his street
He covers his eyes with his hands
In my dreams I'm attacked by birds
With wings of lime leaves
Note:
*The Lipe povratnice of the title are, on the one hand, 'limetree ghosts', and on the other hand 'limetree returners' - those Serbian emigres (the limetree being the Serbian national tree) who have returned to their native land. (시집 주, 424쪽)