Klanec, happy childhood place
Birthhouse of the poet Ljubka Šorli.
Tolmin
Klanec 10

Poet Ljubka Šorli was born on 19 February 1910 in Tolmin. Her father Luka was a tanner, and her mother Alojzija, neé Mlakar, came from Bača nad Podbrdom. The family found refuge from World War I in Jesenice, where young Ljubka started primary school. When the family returned home to Tolmin, she completed primary school and finished higher primary school in 1923.

Kje so dragi

Sladko, skrito hrepenenje
sili v rodni me Tolmin.
V Klanec, srečni kraj otroštva,
seže prvi mi spomin.

Hiša še stoji, kot nekdaj,
v Rodne gleda spodnja stran,
nizko v strugi ji Tolminka<
milo poje noč in dan.

Ali kje so moji dragi,
ki bili so ves moj svet?
Saj nikogar več ne najdem …
Kam za njimi vodi sled?

Oh, zakaj, zakaj vprašujem?
Saj predobro sama vem:
med grobovi, tam jih najdem.
Tja, med križe, romat grem.

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