Ne budi me, majko, rano
Don't Wake Me Early, Mother
Ne budi me, majko, rano.Još se nisam naspavao.Kad mi draga u san dođe,za te snove sve bih dao.
Mother, do not wake me early,I am not yet done with sleeping.When my love comes in my dreaming,all I'd give those dreams for keeping.
Ne budi me, majko, rano.Ne kidaj mi divne snove,kada zoveš moje ime,mislim da me draga zove.
Mother, do not wake me early,leave my lovely dreams unbroken:when you call my name, I fancyit's my darling who has spoken.
Ne budi me, majko, rano.Najljepše je snivati u zoru.U snovima na rastanku,ljubim dragu na prozoru.
Mother, do not wake me early,sweetest are the dreams when day is starting;in my dreams I kiss my true loveat her window, at our parting.
Translator's note. Set to music by Josip Ivanković and sung by Ivo Pattiera with the tamburica band Zlatni dukati at the Split Festival in 1989. By his own account it was one of the first poems he ever wrote, as a schoolboy.