{"id":83589,"date":"2024-08-13T03:09:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T01:09:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acosopov.com\/%d0%b1%d1%83%d0%b4%d0%b5%d1%9a%d0%b5\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T13:24:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T12:24:56","slug":"waking","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acosopov.com\/en\/reading-room\/poetry-shelf\/waking\/","title":{"rendered":"Waking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\t\t\tWaking\t<\/h1>\n\tTime to wake, little one. It is dawn. Dawn is breaking.
\nThe sun is drinking up the source of your dream
\nand is burbling and chattering something inscrutable
\nthrough the white throat of the xylophone.
\nOh, I know: beyond the gate harnessed horses are neighing,
\nand in their mad love they nip at your heart;
\nthe mountains before them lie down in submission,
\nbut these horses will never arrive anywhere.
\nAnd here is a field, and the meadow is peaceful,
\nand grass is growing in every vein;
\nhere the exuberance of those who were young once
\nsprouts like a small healing herb from the ground.
\nI know: dreaming is joy-both joy and regret.
\nAnd bitterness here lasts only a moment.\nOpen your eyes. Look around. Do not be amazed.
\nIt is daytime. Day. Time now to wake.\n\tAco \u0160opov<\/a>, The Wind Carries Beautiful Weather<\/a>,<\/em> 1957
\nTranslated from the Macedonian by Christina E. Kramer and Rawley Grau, The Long Coming of the Fire<\/a><\/em>, Dallas, Deep Vellum, 2023.\n\t“Waking” recorded at Heliconian Hall, Toronto, February 14th, 2025.
\nMusic by Michael Spiroff<\/strong>
\nAna\u00efs Kelsey-Verdecchia (soprano soloist), Christopher Bagan (piano), Andrew Downing (double bass), Alison Beckwith (soprano), Anika Venkatesh (alto), Larry Beckwith (tenor), Dion Mazerolle (bass).\n