Zašto mi boli stvaraš!
Why Do You Cause Me Pain!
Zar je ljubav zato da nam boli stvara?I te kapi meda sa tvojih usana,pomiješane bjehu sa toplim suzama.Zar je takav život da nam ljubav vara?
Is love then only meant to bring us pain?And honeyed drops upon your lips, my dear,were mingled then with many a warm tear.Is life so made that love should lie and feign?
Toliko si slatka, a boli mi stvaraš.Znam da me voliš, kao i ja tebe.Kad god te sretnem, srce me zazebe:Čemu onda sama svoju ljubav varaš?
You are so sweet, and yet you give me pain.I know you love me, as I love you, too.Each time we meet, a shiver runs me through:why then betray your own love, all in vain?
Jednom se zarekoh da neću tvoj biti.Ni milovat tebe, što mi stvara sreću.I da nikad više ja tvoj biti neću,ni s usana tvojih sladak melem piti.
Once I had sworn I never would be yours,nor caress you, though it gives me delight,and that I'd never more be yours outright,nor drink the balm that from your sweet lips pours.
Oh, draga, odbaci tu etiku strogu.Ja ne mogu biti bez poljupca tvoga.Odrekao bih se i života svoga.Obećanje svoje održat ne mogu!
Oh, darling, let strict morals rule no more!Without your kiss I can't last a single day;my very life I'd sooner throw away.I cannot keep the promise that I swore!
Valpovo, 28. 4. 1974.
Valpovo, April 28, 1974