Zar je sve to bila šala?
Was It All Just a Joke?
Još uvijek ja želim tebe.Zar mi nisi reći znala,da ljubavi više nema,da si ljubav drugom dala?
Even now I still desire you.Could you not have told me, dearest,that our love was gone for ever,that you hold another nearest?
Sve poljupce slatke tvoje,kako da ja shvatim sada,svu ljepotu naše srećei časove pune slada?
All your kisses, sweet and tender,how can I now take their measure,all the beauty of our gladnessand the hours so full of pleasure?
Sjećaš li se one suzešto ti je iz oka pala?Zar su to sve bile laži,zar je sve to bila šala?
Do you still recall the teardropthat you shed in melancholy?Was it nothing but a lie, then,was it all a joke, a folly?
Valpovo, 14. 06. 1975.
Valpovo, June 14, 1975
Translator's note. Set to music by Renato Lukić, who also composed "Green Are Those Eyes of Yours" and "Beneath the Lilac Boughs".