Starac!
The Old Man
Koliki je jad i bijeda,preko mojih prošlo leđa?Kosa mi je sada sijeda,a bila je crno-smeđa.
How much misery and carehave these shoulders come to know?Grey now, faded, is my hair,once dark brown, so long ago.
Udovi mi bolno hodei to krhko nose tijelo.Slabe oči što me vode,a još bi se živjet htjelo.
Painfully my limbs still go,bearing this frail frame along;weak the eyes that guide me so,yet the wish to live is strong.
Vrati bože, osmjeh, radost,svakom stvoru da se divim.Slatku ljubav, sretnu mladostjoš jedanput da proživim.
Give me back, O God, my smileand the joy to marvel still;sweetest love and youth, a whilelet me live them, if you will.
Valpovo, 1975.
Valpovo, 1975