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Strážay, Štefan: Odklad

Portre of Strážay, Štefan

Odklad (Slovak)

Naša apokalypsa má
našu podobu. Je menšia ako iné,
vcelku nezáväzná,
postupná, pre vä
čšinu z nás
vlastne nebadate
ľná,
ničivá, ale priate
ľská,
priebežne erotizovaná,
odkladaná na zajtra,
a čo je najhoršie, podvedome
chápaná tak, že čo včera
umrelo, o rok
bude krajšie.


PublisherInteriér. Slovenský spisovateľ 1992

Postponement (English)

Our apocalypse has got
our look Smaller than others,
it's lather loose,
gradual for Most of us, though
practicaliv invisible,
devastating but friendly.
continually eroticized,
postponed till tomorrow
and, what is worst, making us expect
subconsciously that what died yesterday
will bloom
into beauty next year.


Source of the quotationOne Hundred Years of Slovak Literature

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