Volim te laviću
I Love You, Little Lion
Koliko si puta,draga, meni rekla:volim te laviću!Dok je Drava tekla.
How often, my darling,you told me, you'd say:"I love you, little lion!"while the Drava flowed away.
I žuborom svojimnas je pozdravila,dok si u mom kriluslatke snove snila.
And with its soft murmurit greeted us then,while you, in my lap,dreamed sweet dreams again.
Kada si mi svojunježnu ljubav dala,sa grane je pticacvrkute nam slala.
When you gave to meall your tender love,from a branch, a birdsent us chirps above,
Skakućući vještopo staroj topoli.I pjevala pjesmu,voli me, oh, voli!
hopping nimbly roundthe old poplar tree,and it sang a song:"Love me, oh, love me!"
A nježni je lahornama pozdrav slao,po žutome listušto je kraj nas pao.
And the gentle breezesent greeting our wayby a yellow leafthat fell where we lay,
Na zelenu travušto je mirisala,valjda sva od sreće,jer nam sebe dala.
onto the green grass,fragrant through and through,most likely from joyit gave itself to us two.
Valpovo, 20. 10. 1974.
Valpovo, October 20, 1974