REINCARNATION

If I do, return me back
IF I do, return me back . . .
shall I come back through the same gate
shall I see the same dewdrop,
the same rainbow,
the same turbulent brook flowing
towards the same village?
Shall the same flowers bloom,
shall the same bee suck it and
produce honey
for my known desire,
shall my heart
again climb mountains,
again build houses with
the same suffering,
on foundations of joy,
surrounded by commotion?

AFTIM KLETNIKOV, Macedonia

Translation: Ana Topencarova – Germain Droogenbroodt