Ne pitam te

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.)

I Don't Ask You

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010)

Ne pitam te gdje si jučer bila.Ja ne pitam gdje ćeš sutra biti,ni sa kim si noćas snove snila,ni za kim ćeš sutra suze liti.

I don't ask you where you were yesterday,nor where you will be upon the morrow,nor with whom last night you dreamed away,nor for whom you'll shed your tears in sorrow.

Ja se pitam do sad bila gdje si,da za tebe jučer nisam znao.Volim tebe takvu kakva jesi,takvu sam te, mila, upoznao.

I ask myself where you have been till now,that until yesterday I never knew you.I love you as you are, for that is how,just like that, my dear, I came to know you.

Volim tvoje ruke tople, nježnei mirisne, plave kose tvoje.Za poljupcem što ti usna čezne,i njedarca što prkosno stoje.

I love your hands, so warm and soft and slender,and your fragrant hair, so golden fair,and your lips, for kisses yearning, tender,and your breasts that stand as if to dare.

Amor te je za ljubav stvorioi ljepotu Afrodite dao.O tebi sam i do sada snio,iako te prije nisam znao.

Amor made you for love from the start,gave you Aphrodite's beauty for your own;all this time I dreamed you in my heart,though before, you were to me unknown.

Poklanjaš mi bajne dane svoje.Dražesna si, oh ljubavi, mila.Sve bih dao za te divne snove,ne pitam te gdje si jučer bila.

You bestow on me your enchanted days,you are charming, love, in every way.For those wondrous dreams I'd give my all:I don't ask you where you were yesterday.

Valpovo, 29. 08. 1974.

Valpovo, August 29, 1974