Across the field, like chirping birds, again the sound of our words ...
In this house, the historical seat of Catholic Slovenians, Ljubka Šorli taught violin.
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Gorica / Gorizia
Riva Piazzuta, 18

When Italy capitulated, Ljubka Šorli and her children returned to Tolmin. Ljubka took a teacher training course here and subsequently served as a primary school teacher. When she returned to Gorizia in 1946, she worked as a secretary at the Slovenian teacher training college, and later, from 1948 until she retired in 1975, served as a teacher in Gorizia and surrounding villages.

V svetišče materinščine/ In the Sanctuary of the Mother Tongue (Teaching Exam Assignment)

(Naloga na izpitu za poučevanje)

Po naših dušah je vsa dolga leta
beseda tuja ko kladivo bila,
da bi poslednjo iskro zadušila,
ki v njih bila je od pradedov vneta.

Pa so čez nas viharji zadivjali,
da so vasi gorele in telesa …
(Kako me mraz ob tem spominu stresa …)
A mi smo v zlate sanje verovali …

Spet se čez polja, kakor pesem ptice,
glasijo zvoki naše govorice,
ki nam molitev je in vrisk in jok …

O, ne dopusti več vesoljstva Bog,
da bi se v morju sile potopila,
saj je tako brezmejno sladka, mila …

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