Zelene su oči tvoje

iz knjige Stihom kroz život (2010.) · uglazbljena pjesma

Green Are Those Eyes of Yours

from the book Through Life in Verse (2010) · set to music

Zelene su oči tvojesve bogatstvo meni bile.Kao čašu rujnog vinamoje su ih usne pile.

Those green eyes of yours, my darling,were my riches and my treasure;like a glass of red wine, brimming,my lips drank them in with pleasure.

Zašto kažeš da me voliš,kada lažno grliš mene?I dok mučiš srce moje,moja mladost tužno vene.

Why then tell me that you love me,when you hold me, just pretending?While you torture me with heartache,all my youth in grief I'm spending.

Pijetli zoru najavljuju,a sokakom bagrem miri,dok ja sanjam usne tvoje,u grudima bol se širi.

Roosters crow to wake the morning,down the lane acacias blowing;while I'm dreaming of your kisses,in my breast the pain is growing.

Zašto kažeš da me voliš,kada lažno grliš mene?Zar ne vide moju ljubav,te zelene oči snene.

Why then tell me that you love me,when you hold me, just pretending?Can they not see how I love you,those green eyes of dreams unending?

Ne muči mi bolnu dušui ne stvaraj puste noći.Zar ne vide moju ljubav,te zelene lažne oči?

Do not wound my aching spirit,give me no more nights of crying.Can they not see how I love you,those green eyes, so false and lying?

Translator's note. Set to music by Renato Lukić and sung by Blanka Došen at the Zlatne žice Slavonije festival in Požega. The "lane" is the sokak, the long village street of Slavonia, lined with acacias.