Cohen, Leonard: Gift

You tell me that silence
is nearer to peace than poems
but if for my gift
I brought you silence
(for I know silence)
you would say
This is not silence
this is another poem
and you would hand it back to me.

Vravíš, že mlčanie
je bližšie k mieru, než k básňam
ale ak by som ti
priniesol mlčanie
(pretože poznám mlčanie)
povedala by si
To mlčanie
je ďalšia báseň
a vrátila by si mi ho.