Zašto majko!
Why, Mother!
Zašto si me, majko, uzdizala?Zašto si me, majko, njegovala?I sa svojim mlijekom zalijevala?Zašto si mi ovaj život dala?!Dok za moje boli nisi znala!!
Why, my mother, did you rear me so?Why, my mother, nurse me, watch me grow,watering me with your own milk's warm flow?Why did you give me this life of woe?!When of all my pain you did not know!!
Gdje su tvoje riječi pune sreće?Zašto sada lomiš moje cvijeće?Zašto daješ što mi srce neće?Da moj život bez ljubavi teče.Da me srce u grudima peče.
Where are those glad words you used to say?Why now break my flowers in this way?Why give what my heart would turn away?So my life flows loveless on its way.So my heart may burn in me each day.
Zašto moram svoju tugu kriti?Zašto moram nesretno ljubitii za drugim divne snove sniti?Zašto sretna ja ne mogu biti?Mladost svoju u ljubav uviti.
Why must I keep hidden every tear?Why must I love, and love without cheer,and dream lovely dreams of another dear?Why does happiness never draw near?Why can't I wrap my youth in love sincere?
Propali su mog života snovi.Shvati, majko, želim život novi.Želim ljubit koga srce voli.Da mi patnje nestanu dozvoli.Skrušeno te moja duša moli!
All my life's bright dreams have come apart.Mother, understand: I want a new start.Let me love the one who has my heart.Grant that all my suffering depart.Humbly my soul begs you: take my part!
Valpovo, 26. 12. 1974.
Valpovo, December 26, 1974