TAMO DALEKO / THERE, FAR AWAY

TAMO DALEKO

Ćutim ti
Jecaj
Moj mrtvi brate,
Tamo
Daleko
Zemlja je teška

Sam si
I tužan,
Ne čuješ ezan
Ni miris Bosne

Vrati se kući,
Čeka te Žepa
Tabut
I mjesto časno

Čutim tvoj
stok
moj mrvi brat,
daleč
tam
prst je težka

Sam si
in žalosten
Ne slišiš mujezinovega klica
k molitvi
niti vonja Bosne

Vrni se domov
čaka te Žepa
krsta
in častno mesto

lanac haikua

Ognjišta nema
Posvuda suze. A Oni
sami i sretni

Slavu i svjetlost
vjere sakrij. Danas su
baš, i crvi znalci

Ne mogu dalje
Spusti! Ma, nêće čedo!
Kolji! Mit lažni

Nejač u ognju
Krici. Demon je tužan
Ovi su bolji

I can feel
Your groan
My dead brother,
There
Far away
Heavy is the soil

You are alone
And wistful,
You cannot hear Adhan
Nor the scent of Bosnia

Return to your home,
Žepa is waiting for you,
Tabut
And an honourable place

Translation: Đurđa Vukelić Rožić

The hearth has gone
Everywhere only tears. And They
alone and happy

The glory and the light
of the faith hide. Today
even the worms are wise

I cannot any further
Put it down! They won’t harm a baby!
Slaughter them all! A perfidious myth

The little ones burning alive
Screams. The Demon is sad
For these are more skillful

Translated by dr. Ivo Šoljan