Parting
Still unsuspecting,
in the ninth hour of the day,
Far far away I was
on the path to your soul,
one last time.
In the middle of the human hustle and bustle
resting within me,
in the briskness of the sunny autumn
of the ninth hour of the day,
I slipped
on the white ship
over the great lake of the four forests
to the place where Scriabin once breathed.
One more station,
in the ninth hour of the day,
in a place in the middle of nowhere
in the lofty mountains,
where suddenly a void flashed in me,
in their silence,
yet unbeknownst to me,
your soul for the first time
passed away.
And on the way back
In the place where Scriabin once breathed,
I got out after all,
as if guided by an unseen thread,
in the ninth hour of the day,
along the road
where St. Jerome comforted
and to me the voice of my sister,
spoke under the great treetop,
that your soul is now elsewhere.
To say goodbye we met again
On the green, blue lake of the four forests.
Hugging my soul
you say goodbye fluttering,
with white wings and mild eyes
for eternity.
Gliding on the white ship
cried the inconsolable little child inside me.
(Avramović, 2020; Translation from German into English: Dr. Daniela G. Fountain, 2021)