Anna Zapalska – Talasi (Mili Dueli 2023 – Grand Final)

TALASI

Od svitanja vremena,
naglo su se pojavljivali talasi:
ogromni i opasno lijepi,
talasi koji potapaju brodove,
spori- ali u tren oka za one kojima su blizu.
Od samog svitanja ljubav se talasala
polako, poput srebrnog mora
pod nježnim dodirom vjetra
ili brzo, u ritmu cunamija,
u drhtavim srcima.
Od samog svitanja na talasu života:
talasamo kao Šekspirovi likovi:
ljubav pretvaramo u mržnju, a mržnju u osvetu;
zatim padamo
da bismo se podigli kao sunce.

Translated to Montenegrin by Anđela Turukalo Dabetić
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WAVES

Since the dawn of time
Sudden waves have appeared,
Huge and dangerously beautiful,
Waves, which cause ships to sink
Slowly, but in two shakes for those within reach,
Since the dawn of time love has waved
Slowly like silver sea under the tender touch of wind
Or rapidly to the rhythm of Tsunami
Inside trembling hearts,
Since the dawn of time on the wave of life:
We wave like Shakespearean characters,
We turn love into hate and hate into revenge,
Then, we fall down to rise up again like the sun

I am a teacher and translator. I studied Polish Literature at Jagiellonian University and Human Resource Management in the School of Banking and Management in Krakow.
In my free time I like writing poetry. It keeps me feel wonderful as it is my big passion. I am also admin of two poetry groups on fb: “Emotions: Heart2Heart Poetry” and Haiku Espresso”, which connect people from every part of the world. After work I usually relax by listening to music and walking in nature. I’m also interested in photography.

In my opinion, the threat of war is a very big problem of peace in my country as well as all over the world. Long time ago St Paul II said: “War is a defeat for humanity.” I think, we all should work together for maintaining the international peace and security.
Poetry has a very big impact in promoting good values like Love, honesty, freedom etc. and without good values peace is impossible to reach…

YES