2. Sitan komarac

a tako snažno silnu

zaljulja šumu.

A tiny mosquito

yet so vigorous as to sway

the mighty wood.

3. Nekoć je ovdje

vrba bila, sad vezan

za panj vrbov čun.

Once a willow was here

now a willow-wood punt

is chained to the stump.

4. Na dnu jezera

napušteno selište.

U crkvi ribe.

On the lake’s bed

the deserted village.

Fish in the church.

5. Uspravan stoji

nakon svakog udara

jablan na vjetru.

Standing upright

- after every squall -

a poplar in the wind.

6. I opet na put

padaju lati trešnje.

Putna samoća.

Falling onto the path again

the petals of the cherry.

Travelling solitude.

7. Dan i noć kiša.

Niz nogu sve do pete

slijeva se bol.

It is raining day and night.

Down the leg to the heel

pouring - pain.

8. Sâm na tržnici

s toliko samih ljudi

na jednom mjestu.

Alone in the open air market

with so many lone people

on the same place.

9. Preko rijeke

ribar mi širi ruke:

„Ovolika je!

Across the river

a fisherman spreads his arms:

“ ”This big!“

10. Mokri i gladni

veliki kormorani

na goloj grani.

Wet and hungry

big cormorants

on a bare bough.

11. Između mina

na nasipu niknuo

cvijet različka.

Among the mines

on the bank sprouted

a cornflower.

12. Božić 1991.

Pod mojim krovom

i pahulja snijega

sigurno spava.

Christmas 1991

Under my roof

even the snowdrop

sleeps safely.

13. Par jelenaka

ukrstio sudbine

na kori hrasta.

A couple of stag beetles

intersect their destinies

on the oak bark.