Sada smo stranci!
Now We Are Strangers!
Zar sam izgubio čulo vida očnog,kad te više nigdje ja sresti ne mogu?Ili povjerenje, Zeusa, boga moćnog?Ili sam odigr'o ja svoju ulogu?
Have I lost the sense of sight, the power of my eyes,that I can meet you nowhere, though I search high and low?Or lost the trust of Zeus, the mighty in the skies?Or have I played my role, and is it time to go?
Možda si nestala sa ovoga svijeta?Na oblaku sreće negdje gore letiš.Šetaš se po vrtu svemirskoga cvijeta,a mene se, draga, ne možeš da sjetiš!
Could it be you've vanished from this world of ours?On a cloud of happiness you fly somewhere above,strolling through the garden of the cosmic flowers,and me you can't remember any more, my love!
Ili su ti bozi dali moćna krila,pa prelijećeš mjesta gdje smo sretni bili.Ili si postala bajna, gorska vila?Il' poljupci moji nisu više mili?
Or did the gods bestow on you such wings of flightthat you fly over places where we once were glad?Or have you now become a mountain fairy bright?Or have my kisses lost the dearness that they had?
Tvoje su mi riječi sada prazna jeka,uz poljupce slatke kad si šaputala.Osjećam tu patnju sada iz dalekaiako si sebe meni poklanjala.
Your words are nothing but an empty echo now,those words you whispered with sweet kisses in my ear.I feel this suffering from far away, somehow,although you gave yourself to me and held me dear.
Ne, ti nisi, draga, svemoguće biće.Iz ljubavnih snova sa drugim se budiši dok moje srce sada bolno kliče,usne svoje drugom uz drag osmijeh nudiš.
No, darling, you are no almighty being, no:from dreams of love you wake beside someone new,and while my heart is crying out in pain and woe,you offer him your lips, and your sweet smile too.
Unaprijed sam znao kraj toj našoj srećii te crne noći da nisi ni došla,ja bih opet znao što ćeš meni reći,jer je naša ljubav za tebe već prošla.
I knew ahead of time the end our joy would find;and even had you never come that pitch-black night,I still would know the words that you had on your mind,because for you our love had long since taken flight.
Zar da kunem sudbu što sam te ljubio?Meni ova patnja bolnu dušu para.Na grudima tvojim ja sam snove snio.A sada smo stranci, to mi boli stvara.
Shall I then curse my fate for having loved you so?This suffering now tears my aching soul apart.Upon your breast I dreamed my dreams not long ago,and now we're strangers, and that's what breaks my heart.
Valpovo, 18. 10. 1974.
Valpovo, October 18, 1974