BILJANA Z. BILJNOVSKA

BILJANA Z. BILJNOVSKA

Labyrinth

Miraculously I found myself

In a Labyrinth, magical, enchanting,

Made up of nice words,

-verses and figures of speech,

Built on feelings of People

Full of understanding.

All paths lead me

To the center

Where there was no Minotaurus

Nor the hank of Ariadne

Was needed

To show a way of returning

For neither I wanted to go out

Nor to abandon this elation

Where everything is

An endless song

That everyone sings with their style

When it is our turn.

Invited are all

People who are ready

Only nice words to utter

And who wish

Nobody ever to mislead.

Only That My Soul Does Not Fail Me

I fear sometimes

that my soul will fail me

because of all passions that I quenched

before imagined altars

of my seclusion:

that I may wish

never again

to approach you

and with words

write you all my misery.

I know, you will say,

sober as always-

why misery

when now

before yourself

and before God

you turned misery into hope.

If my soul fails me,

if I forget,

if I fall silent

will I still be able

to return hope

in you

TRANSLATION FROM SERBIAN INTO ENGLISH: DENISA KONDIC,

BILJANA Z. BILJNOVSKA

BILJANA Z. BILJNOVSKA (Skopje, 1948) is a professional (freelance)  translater , journalist , writer- novelist , poet, essayist . Most of schooling followed in the Serbo-Croatian language,  in Belgrade, and finished elementary and high school, and part of university education. She graduated from the State University " St. Cyril and Methodius " , Faculty of Philology in Skopje, on the group Romance Philology, where he studied French and Italian  languages, letteratur and culture.  On several occasions  abroad  in Italy  to improve  translation and intrperation  on the High School of  translators and interpreters in Milan. In her resume but translations from Macedonian on to the Serbian, language, equally represented translations from French and Italian authors in to Macedonian and Serbian languagis, and from Serbian and Macedonian into Franch and Italian languagis.