Snježana

Da li si od snježnih pahuljicaili od perja rajske ptice?Ili leptir krilima je nježnomilovao tvoje divno lice?

Are you made of flakes of falling snow,or of plumes from birds of paradise?Or did a butterfly with gentle wingsstroke your face, so lovely to the eyes?

Oči tvoje dva su ognja vrela,iz dubine tvoje duše grije.Na usnama tvojim osmijeh lebdiljepotu i radost svuda sije.

Your two eyes are fires, burning hot,from your soul's own depths they warmly glow;on your lips a smile is hovering,sowing joy and beauty where you go.

Da mi spleteš ruke oko vrata,kad bi svoja ustašca mi dala,meni, dušo, istoga bi časa,ukrašena zvijezda opet sjala.

If you'd twine your arms around my neck,if you'd give your little lips, and then,at that very moment, darling mine,my bright star, adorned, would shine again.

Valpovo, 20. 02. 1989.

Valpovo, February 20, 1989

Translator's note. The name Snježana comes from snijeg, "snow", hence the snowflakes.