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Janík, Pavol: Predĺžiť si rozum

Portre of Janík, Pavol

Predĺžiť si rozum (Slovak)

Chvíľu som váhal,
kadiaľ sa vchádza dnu.
A potom toľko zrkadiel
ako po smrti alebo počas nej.
A toľko neskutočných dievčat
v tej plytkej hĺbke skla.

Tam, kde som vstúpil naposledy
ešte ako chlapec s portrétmi
Pierra Bricea a Lexa Barkera vo vrecku,
je dnes okno malej vinárne.
A nad ním ustavične trvajú
výstražné znamenia
červených pelargónií.
Tie neúprosné semafory,
ktoré mi nedovolia
hovoriť v smere vetra
a odvrátiť sa,
keď sa ku mne blíži múr.

Dorástol som
do výšky platu,
dĺžky dlhov,
miernej dejepisnej šírky
a do veľkosti,
kde sa začína dobová diéta.

Teraz mi už rastú len vlasy,
pomaly a celkom zbytočne.
A tak som prišiel
predĺžiť si rozum
a zbaviť sa kúpnej sily
bezmocného Samsona.



Uploaded byRépás Norbert
PublisherAtrakt, Bratislava 1991
Source of the quotationHurá horí!, ISBN 80-85543-00-1
Bookpage (from–to)45-46
Publication date

Prolonging My Understanding (English)

For a while I hesitated,
at the place where one enters.
And then so many mirrors
as if after death or during it.
And so many unreal girls
in the shallow depths of the glass.

There, where I entered for the last time
still as a boy with portraits
of Pierre Brice and Lex Barker in a pocket,
was the window of a small wine tavern.
And above it the warning signals
of red pelargonia
had permanently remained.
These inexorable semaphores
which didn’t permit me
to speak in the direction of the wind
and turn aside as the wall approached.

I grew up
to the level of salaries,
the length of debts,
to measurable historical latitudes
and to a size
where the era of dieting begins.

Now only my hair grows
slowly and completely pointlessly.
and thus I come
to prolonging my understanding
and ridding myself of the purchasing power
of a powerless Samson.



Uploaded byRépás Norbert
PublisherThe Penniless Press, United Kingdom 2014
Source of the quotationA Dictionary of Foreign Dreamsv
Publication date

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