ISTVÁN DABI

ISTVÁN DABI

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a delicate blade of grass

happily sticked out his head

from the soil

with pleasure looked at the sun on the sky

and sorrowfully gathered strength

for straightening his back proudly against the stones

but at this moment a loudly gagling goose

uprooted it unexpectedly with his sharp beak

xxx

we welcome the New Year

like a new-born child

though from experience we know

it will be neither better nor worse

than the past ones

or the next ones

only different

like every man is similar

to his ancestors

and his descendants

but differs from them a bit

xxx

I often longed for solitude

but now I’m frightened

of being left alone

in the crowd

after the departure of that Only One

therefore I’m making myself ready

to follow her immediately

xxx

he observed from the bridge

the waves

and wished to fly on them

to the oceans

but the parapet kept him

he climbed up

stood for some minute

and sprang back onto the pavement

and threw only his thoughts

to the waves.

ISTVÁN DABI

(HUNGARY)