The Squares of Fužine. Peter Semolič, Translated by Ana Jelnikar & Kelly Lenox Allan

The Squares of Fužine

Peter Semolič, Translated by Ana Jelnikar & Kelly Lenox Allan

are oases of silence, oases of peace,

as the night pales in the east.

The squares of Fužine—pale flowers

under the first light of dawn.

The squares of Fužine—solitary paths

of early workers and late-night lovers.

The squares of Fužine—the rush of leaving

and the slow, maybe secret, arrival.

Across the squares of Fužine blows

a mild wind from the faraway Alps,

sifting through the leaves of fallen newspapers.