Tone Kuntner

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DREVO PESNIKU
 

Kadar dosežeš moje višine, 
kadar dosežeš moje globine,
ko se izmeriš z mojo pokončnostjo
in me premagaš s svojo preprostostjo,
ko me omamiš s svojo ljubeznijo,
kadar ujameš moje tišine,
lezi v senco mojih vej
in se odpočij, 
kajti postal si moj gospodar.

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From Slovene
Peter Košak

A TREE TO A POET
 

When you reach my hights,
when you reach my deapths,
when you can measure yourself with my uprightness
and you can overcome me with your simplicity,
when you benumb me with your friendliness,
when you behold my silences,

lie then in the shade of my branches
and have a rest,

for you become my master.