from Deaf Things, Premiered in New York by Jessica Bowers, mezzo-soprano, Oren Fader, guitar.

Performed by The Bowers-Fader Duo as part of Composers Concordance presents
www.composersconcordance.com
'Generations XIII’
December 16th, 2023 at Kostabi World
New York, NY
Video by James Lane Hot Indie Media
from Deaf Things (Gluhote),
poem by Momčilo Nastasijević, translated by Charles Simić
from Deaf Things
Not one whisper
not one cry,
out of this dread
when to the sky above
or the hell below
the heart strives mute.
O be still,
my much-too-heavy-
make me even more stonelike
dull-echoing stone.
(Глухоте)
I
О не,
шапата неспокоју овом,
вапаја не.
И до неба кад,
и пакла,
тежи тим срцу мук.
О мируј,
претешко моје,
ками камена мене,
мукла стено.