Sunday, 24 July 2011

Two Serbian Riddles

1.

"One plate serves the whole world".

What is it?

2.

"I came out on the silver threshing floor, played on a golden pipe; everyone heard me, no-one saw me".

Who or what is it?


From "The Golden Apple", compiled by Vasko Popa, translated by Andrew Harvey and Anne Pennington,
Anvil Press Poetry, 1980.



(Answers: 1. nus, 2. dniw)

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