Živko Grozdanić
Translator
on Lyrikline: 2 poems translated
from: serbe to: anglais
Original
Translation
Zabava mi beše
serbe | Slobodan Marković
Zabava mi beše
Da se na me smeše
Kojekakve vile
Ali sad već leže
Moja bolna ruka
U gomilu svile
Bolje da sam ostao
Uz svog malog vuka
U nedrima sile
Jer več neko kleše
Obelisk za mene
Kleše, ali kuka
Što me tako rano
Na groblje poneše
Čete volšebnika
Sve po taktu marša
Vrlo stara slika
I eto,
više nema neprilika
Gotova je farsa
Jednog umetnika
Audio production: recording of Radio Beograd
My party was
anglais
My party was
Smileys that were
From Fairies somewhere
But now lies elsewhere
My sore arm
In the crumpled silk
It is better that I stayed
With my little wolf
In heart of hurricane
Someone – look!
Carves my tombstone
carves and sobs
Why am I, so young,
On cemetery brought
By the hands of Army Death
In funeral march unison
Custom very old
But look!
There is no trouble anymore
The farce of an artist
Is completed furthermore
Oko mene
serbe | Slobodan Marković
Oko mene
Ko bi znao
Vetar lud se zavitlao
Zimskog sveta svetkovina
Tvoja duša, moja zima
Ne mogu ti reći dalje
Smrt mi telegrame šalje
Audio production: recording of Radio Beograd
Around me
anglais
All around me
Who would know
Hurled crazy wind
Winter world feast
Your soul – my winter
Nothing more to add from myself
Telegram sender is death itself