Ivan Klarić


KIŠA U DUBROVNIKU

Neočekivana. A opet ne bez zasluga. Dok otvaraš kišobran, pomišljaš. Što će mi trenutak slobodan od svih sjena, teorija, poreznih ureda, adresa, trgovačkih puteva? Treba mi kiša koja nenametljivo pada na žive i mrtve. Treba mi udarac Zelenaca nečujan u vremenu. Treba mi pas čije oči su knjiga koju će čitati sveci. Promatraš buket cvijeća u izlogu, govoriš: - Dozvolit ću ovom trenutku da bude ono što je vidom zakriveno, procvjetali mrak, laka duša, grad u zraku, kiša koja pada na ljude, na Sorkočevićevu kuću, na dominikanske samostane, brodove… Uopće, postaje ti jasno. Tko promatra kišu u Dubrovniku zna da je u svemu i da je sam jedna svjetlost koja ga bilježi od početka. A onda, doletjet će jato ptica, stabla će pružiti svoje ruke prema nebu, vjetar će u snu izaći kroz gradska vrata, brodski konopci će popustiti…
    A tebe će probuditi kiša.



RAIN IN DUBROVNIK

Unexpected. And yet not without gifts. While you open an umbrella, you think. What should I do with a moment free of all shadows, tax offices, addresses, trade routes? I need a rain which unobtrusively falls down on the living and the dead. I need the Zelenci clock's strike silent in time. I need a dog whose eyes will be a book read by the the saints. Looking at the bouquet of flowers in a shop window, you say: I will allow this moment to be what is hidden by sight, the flourishing darkness, the light soul, the city in the mirror, the rain that fells down on people, on Sorkočević's house, on Dominican monasteries, on ships … Overall, it starts to become clear to you. The one who watches the rain in Dubrovnik knows that he is in everything and that he is the one light that is recording himself from the beginning. And then, a flock of birds will fly in, the trees will spread their hands toward the sky, the wind will come out through the city gate in a dream, the boat's ropes will loosen…
    And you will be awakened by the rain.

Translated from the Croatian by the author.




Ivan Klarić was born in 1972 in Šibenik, Croatia, and is now living in Italy. He has played tennis since he was nine years old, and in high school he started with bodybuilding. His trainer was Vedran Jakšič two time WBBA World champion. He graduated in law and worked as a lawyer while continuing to train as a bodybuilder. He reached the AICS national diploma as a instructor for fitness and bodybuilding.

He is also the author of five novels and six books of poetry, with a seventh due out this year.
 
 
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