Black Swan Woman ~ Žena Crnog Labuda Poem by Jankovic Zoran

I begged her to give it to me
just a little, beautiful feather.

I thought she would spread
wings like a downtown goose
then she would waddle
merrily like a duck.

She just turned proudly
head and went to her drift
but, behind her trail,
all is fluttering as if
black flakes were falling.

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Žena crnog labuda

Molio sam je da mi pokloni
jedno malo, prekrasno pero.

Mislio sam da će raširiti
krila kao gradska guska
pa će se odgegati kao patka.

Ponosno je okrenula
glavu i otišla je u svoje jato
ali, iza njenog traga,
sve je lepršalo kao da
padaju crne pahuljice.