Udovič Jože:
Little Night Music
Stars, and sky’s crickets,
sang in night’s meadow; as it approached,
it passed a burning bush,
its footsteps echoing
in the valley of the moon.
It came in clothing
woven from fragile birdsong,
and in the wind’s cut-glass shoes.
And it lit candles,
changed one to a child,
a traveler, a gardener;
a white windmill clanked in its voice,
its eyes were dark
saffron with gold powder,
and its heart
a diving swallow.
Jože Udovič
(1912-1962) A poet, writer, essayist and translator. He studied Slovenian language in Maribor. During WWII he was expelled from Slovenia and in 1943 he joined the partisan resistance. After the war he worked as a free-lance writer. His lyrical writing was under the influence of the modernist European poets he translated. Udovič was one of the first poets to introduce surrealist technique into Slovenian letters, tempering it with meditations on the beautifully mysterious forces of nature. In addition to five comprehensive collections of poems, Udovič published a number of essays and some novellas. Udovič was one of the best contemporary translators, rendering into Slovenian the works of Joyce, Kafka, Lorca and Neruda. In 1962 he won the Prešeren Prize for lifetime achievement.By the same author
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