Ljubav po SAS-u

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

Love by the SAS

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Preko dana radim u SOUR-u.I na radu ZUR-om se služimo,a na večer ljubim mladu curu,hajde, mala, da se udružimo.

By day I work within the SOUR, wherein all our work we use the ZUR as guide;at night I kiss a young girl, and declare:"Come, lass, let's associate, side by side!"

Pravili smo planove i skicu,dok je bila još slobodna cura.Osnovali mi smo zajednicu,od njenoga i moga OOUR-a.

We made our plans, and drew a sketch or two,while she was still a maiden, not yet wed;then we set up a community, we two,from her OOUR and mine: and so we wed.

I sad ljubav vodimo po SAS-u.Vjerujte mi, to baš nije šala,udružili mi smo našu masu,ja joj dajem repro-materijala.

And now we make our love as SAS decrees;believe me, it's no joke: it's managerial!We've pooled our common assets, if you please,and I supply her with repro-material.

Al' kasnije nastala je kriza.Od plodnoga repro-materijala,dobili smo dva nejaka SIZ-a,a kasa je ostala bez para.

But later on a crisis came to pass:the fertile repro-material we'd spentproduced two SIZ-es, puny ones, alas,and in the till there wasn't one red cent.

Sad mi žena svakoga dana zvoca.Pod prinudnu mi ćemo upravu.Da l' kod moga il' njenoga oca?To ćemo još dati na raspravu.

My wife now nags at me day after day:we're going under forced administration.Her father's, or my father's? Who's to say?We'll put that out for public consultation.

Valpovo, 10. 06. 1982.

Valpovo, June 10, 1982

Translator's note. A satire on the jargon of Yugoslav workers' self-management: SOUR (a composite organisation of associated labour, a combine), OOUR (its basic unit, a plant), ZUR (the Associated Labour Act), SIZ (a self-managing community of interest) and SAS (a self-management agreement).