POEMS FROM A VERSATILE SARAJEVO ARTIST, SENADA KADRIBASIC

ZAČARANI KRUG

More nije sretno,
Nije sretna zemlja,
Sretan nije zrak
On umoran je kao težak,
Kao utovarni radnik,
Za šljunak, za ugljen,
Crn kao mrak...
I sunce probija se kroz njega mukom,
Samo vrlom snagom
Svakim zrakom,
tragom...
Voda tek je sasvim
Bez sreće,
Zatečena, začuđena,
Što začin joj je
samo smeće!
Eh, čovječe, ti i tako
sretan nisi
Sred haosa kojeg
Praviš sam,
Jer opsjednut si
Igrom moći,
sav zanesen, zaigran!

VICIOUS CIRCLE

The sea is not happy,
Not a happy ground
Happy is not the air
He's as tired as hard,
As a loading worker,
For gravel, for coal,
Black as darkness ...
And the sun broke through him with anguish,
Only with great strength
With every ray,
trace ...
The water is still quite
No luck,
Taken aback, astonished,
What a spice it is
just garbage!
Eh, man, you and that
you are not happy
In the midst of the chaos of which
You say,
Because you're obsessed
A game of power,
all enthusiastic, playful!

NE ZNAŠ TI

Ne znaš ti,
Kako ovo srce pamti
Tugu
Kako lomilo se
Bolno u parčad, u prah
Kako upoznalo je
Neizvjesnost i strah...
I kako je znalo
Kad su dani donosili
Vedrinu
Igrati od sreće
Zaboraviti tminu
Znalo je voljeti
Neizmjerno strasno
Pjevati u sebi i
Pjevati glasno...

I kako su misli
Moje
Cvilile do sloma
Moje tijelo crpile
Do kraja, do klona...
Eh, a kako su znale
Iz crnog praha
Vinut se visoko
Dosegnuti dotle
Kao da su soko...

Ne, ne znaš ti
Kako sam iz ničeg
Ja dobijala snagu
Prkosila i dželatu i vragu
Kako plesala sam,
Igrala, ponosno i smjelo
Otkrivši samo svoje unutarnje vrelo
Iz kojeg još uvijek
Ja crpim sreću
Sve raskošniju, potpuniju,
Sve veću...

Ne, ne znaš ti,
Kako se život mijenja
Onda kad na kocki
Je sam
Ne, ne znaš kako je
Kad sav si od tog života
Sav rastrgan...
A ponosan, odlučan
Da živiš ga potpuno
I smjelo,
Zahvaljujući Bogu
Za ovo unutarnje vrelo...

Ne, ništa ti ne znaš,
Samo misliš da znaš!

YOU DON'T KNOW

You don't know

Sadness
How it broke
Painful to pieces, to dust
How she met
Uncertainty and fear ...
And as she knew
When the days brought
Serenity
Play for luck
Forget the darkness
She knew how to love
Immeasurably passionate
Sing to yourself and
Sing loud ...

And how are the thoughts
Mine
They whimpered to collapse
My body was pumped
To the end, to the clone ...
Eh, and how they knew
From black powder
They soar high
Reach that far
It's like a hawk ...

No, you don't know
How out of nothing
I was gaining strength
She defied both the executioner and the devil
How I danced,
She played, proudly and boldly
Discovering only your inner source
From which still
I draw happiness
More luxurious, more complete,
Increasingly ...

No, you don't know,
How life changes
Then when at stake
Yes I am
No, you don't know how it is
When you're all from that life
All torn ...
And proud, determined
To live it completely
And boldly,
Thank God
For this inner spring ...

No, you don't know anything,
You just think you know!