Dimnjačarska tragedija
The Chimney Sweeps' Tragedy
Dimnjačar je simbol nade, srećetako narod od davnina veli.U Valpovu mladi dimnjačarisebi sreću nisu donijeli.
Chimney sweeps are signs of hope and fortune,as the folk from olden times would say;but in Valpovo the young chimney sweepsbrought no luck upon themselves that day.
Toga jutra oko sedam satižurili su na posao ljudi.Među njima i dva dimnjačarane sluteći što im sudba sudi.
That same morning, just at seven o'clock,workers hurried off along the street;and among them two young sweeps as well,never guessing what fate they would meet.
Bila su to dva pupoljka mlada,dva pupoljka još nerascvjetana.Veselo su raspravljali momcidogađaje iz prošloga dana.
They were two young buds, so fresh and new,two young buds not opened to the sun;cheerfully the lads were talking overyesterday, and all that they had done.
Odjednom se začu grmljavinako' iz vedrog neba puče grom.Na pločnik su popadali momciu nesretnom, bolnom grču svom.
Suddenly a thunder rent the air,like a bolt of lightning from the blue;down upon the pavement fell the lads,writhing in their pain, the luckless two.
Oko njih je tama, košmar strašni,granata im nježna tijela smrvi.Ležali su na pločniku bolni,u potoku svoje tople krvi.
All around them darkness, nightmare's dread,and the shell crushed tender flesh and bone;there in pain they lay upon the pavement,in a stream of warm blood of their own.
Jednom momku nikad više nećezlatno sunce ni zora da svane,a drugom su za cijelog života,polomljene nježne mlade grane.
For the one lad nevermore will dawngolden sun, nor any break of day;for the other, all his life long after,tender, youthful branches broke away.
Tko da majci mrtvog sina vrati,jedan mladi život ugašeni?Tko da drugom opet nogu plati,drugi mladi život uništeni?
Who'll give back the dead son to his mother,one young life put out, forever gone?Who will pay a leg back to the other,a young life that's ruined from now on?
Ne može se nikad ničim platittužnoj majci boli nanesene,a niti se nikad mogu vratitmladom biću snove raznesene.
Nothing ever can repay the costof the pain the grieving mother bore;nor the young man's dreams, blown apart and lost,ever be returned to him once more.
Hrvatska je puna invalida,što praznina po tijelu im zjapi.Nepravda se naplatiti mora,svaka rana za tom željom vapi!
All Croatia's full of invalids,in whose bodies gaping hollows lie;such injustice must be paid in full:every wound for this cries out on high!
Valpovo, 04. 04. 1992.
Valpovo, April 4, 1992