Zbornik Mednarodnega literarnega srečanja Vilenica 2004 - Ljudmila

Muharem Bazdulj
A Final Note
Mate Glusac was ninety-six when he died. It is said that hee foretold his
own death as well. He is buried near the Church of Saint Tekla in
Danilovgrad. There is no marker on his grave. Instead, an enormous tree
grows there, more than a three feet in diameter. Prince-bishop Petar II
Petrovic Njegos and Ali-pasa Rizvanbegovic died in 1851. From a historical
point of view they died at the same moment; like enemies exhausted
from fighting or pairs of mythical unhappy lovers. The encyclopedias available
to me at the moment mention neither Resulbegovic nor Wilkinson.
However, the genius who wrote Die Welt Als Wille und Vorstellung in
Second Volume points out the inadequacy of those encyclopedias by mentioning
the very same Mister Wilkinson in a footnote. In so doing, Arthur
Schopenhauer granted me a rare compliment. Because in the same footnote
he quoted the London Times, and he pointed out even more clearly,
more subtly and in more detail a strange and mysterious comfort mentioning,
along with everything else, the sketches feu follet, calling of vain
and lonely sensibilities in moments of happiness.
Post Scriptum
After this story was published for the first time, I read a book that mentions,
among others, Bey Resulbegovic, who, I had come to think was a
mythological character since I could not find his name anywhere. The
book is entitled Crystal Bars, written by the man to whom A Knife with a
Rosewood Handle is dedicated.
Translated by Nikola Petkovic
Edited by Andrew Wachtel
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