Ženske suze!
A Woman's Tears!
Moj živote gorkii pun očaja!Od djetinjstva ranog,sve do ovih dana,nikada nisamza radost znao,već samo za jad,bol i tugu.Odavno u žalost sam pao!
O my life, so bitterand full of despair!From my earliest childhoodright down to these days,never have Iknown joy or relief,only misery,pain and sorrow.Long ago I fell to grief!
U mladim danimagledao sam suze,majčine tople i guste.Odavno tugaradost mi uze.Ostaše nadeprazne i puste.
In my days of youthI watched the tears flow,my mother's, warm and thick as rain.And my sorrowtook my joy long ago.What remained were hopes,empty and in vain.
Prošlo djetinjstvo,došla mladost bujna,osvanulo proljeće,dan ljubavii zora rujna.
Childhood passed away,youth came, lush and bright,and at last the springtime dawned,a day of loveand a dawn of rosy light.
I opet tugaradost mi uze,jer popih,tople, tužne i guste,ženske suze.
And once again sorrowstole the joy of my years,for I drank,warm and sad and thick,a woman's tears.
Valpovo, 1950.
Valpovo, 1950