Suha kora prove
The Dry Crust of Cornbread
Što da pričam siromaštvo,tugu svoju, jad i bijedu.Dok sam koru prove griz'o,gled'o sam gdje meso jedu.
What's to tell of poverty,sorrow, grief, and woe complete?While I gnawed the cornbread crust,I would watch them eating meat.
Bijelog kruha svježi miris,kod drugih se širit stao,dok sam koru prove griz'ood bola sam zaplakao.
Fresh white bread, its fragrant smell,from the others drifted near;while I gnawed the cornbread crust,in my pain I shed a tear.
U snovima bijelog kruha,svježu krišku ja sam snio,a na javi koru provesuzama sam natopio.
In my dreams I used to dreamof a fresh white slice of bread,but awake, the cornbread crustI would soak with tears instead.
Kao dijete ja ne shvatihmeđu ljudstvom što se stvara,da ne grize koru proveonaj koji ima para.
As a child I did not seehow the ways of men unfold:that the cornbread crust is nevergnawed by those who have the gold.
Kad ugledah nepoštenje,kod bogatih strvinara,i ta suha kora provevrijedila je meni para.
When I saw the crookednessof the rich, the vulture kind,even that dry cornbread crustwas worth money, to my mind.
A kad shvatih tu razlikumeđu ljudstvom što se rađa.I ta suha kora provebila mi je tada slađa.
And when I grasped the difference,grown between the rich and poor,even that dry cornbread crusttasted sweeter than before.
Valpovo, 18. 03. 1976.
Valpovo, March 18, 1976