{"id":83557,"date":"2024-08-13T05:24:48","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T03:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acosopov.com\/%d0%bf%d0%b5%d1%81%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0-%d0%b8-%d0%b3%d0%be%d0%b4%d0%b8%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%82%d0%b5\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T04:10:39","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T03:10:39","slug":"the-song-and-the-years","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acosopov.com\/en\/reading-room\/poetry-shelf\/the-song-and-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Song and the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tThe Song and the Years\t<\/h1>\n\tYour years and my years-
\ntwo shores,
\ntwo stones,
\ntwo not-beings.\nYour years and my years-
\nyour years in my pain,
\nmy years in your heart.\nMay you be blessed, most unknown song.
\nYou make us equal in wisdom,
\nyou make us even in years.
\nMay you be blessed, not-being,
\nin a time that knows no aging.\nYour years and my years-
\nour years.\nYou move step by step,
\npain by pain,
\nthrough my years.
\nI move step by step,
\npain by pain,
\nthrough your years.
\nThere is no end and there is no distance gained.\nYou inhabit my nonexistence.
\nI inhabit the conspiracy of your dreams.\nMay you be blessed, time,
\nwho are ever the same.
\nWe offer you our eyes,
\nyesterday made of earth,
\ntoday made of sky,
\ntomorrow made of earth and sky.\nMay you be blessed, most unimagined song,
\nwho make us equal in wisdom,
\nwho make us even in years.\nYour years and my years-
\ntwo shores,
\ntwo stones,
\ntwo not-beings.\n\tAco \u0160opov<\/a>, Not-Being (Nebidnina)<\/a><\/em>, 1963
\nTranslated from the Macedonian by Christina E. Kramer and Rawley Grau,\u00a0The Long Coming of the Fire<\/em><\/a>, Dallas, Deep Vellum, 2023.\n\t

“The Song and the Years” recorded at Heliconian Hall, Toronto, February 14th, 2025.<\/p>\n

Music by Michael Spiroff<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ana\u00efs Kelsey-Verdecchia (soprano soloist), Christopher Bagan (piano), Andrew Downing (double bass), Alison Beckwith (soprano), Anika Venkatesh (alto), Larry Beckwith (tenor), Dion Mazerolle (bass).<\/p>\n