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Stojim i gledam se kako postojim

Jedno dijete je zagrizlo jabuku izazovno gledajući
Psa, koji je s nerazumijevanjem okrenuo glavu i ne
Primijetivši mačku, koja ga je već neko vrijeme imala
Na oku i sad mekim pokretom preko svinutog stabla
Prešla u dvorište
 
Stari čovjek izvrće Slobodnu Dalmaciju našavši članak
Koji ga zanima i bolje namješta naočale
 
Kroz prozor prvo izlijeće plahta, a za njom ruke
Neke možda mlade žene. Možda mlade žene
 
U kafiću su pojačali muziku
 
Ti imaš bijelu bluzu i crnu suknju i kosa ti je uredna
Mislio sam da je Borosana izumrla. Zamišljena si
 
Možda misliš na mene
Možda nismo dovoljno pazili
Možda si dobila
 
Sjećanje na dodir miješa se sa oštrim prisustvom
Palminih grana i posebnom akustikom koju donosi
Žućkast zrak toplog ranog sumraka i mirisom plastike
Od jeftinih igrački za plažu koje polagano pakiraju
Dnevni prodavači. Miješa se sa dodirom friške bijele
Majice na slanoj koži i naoštrenim bradavicama.
Sa mirisom davno otopljenog sladoleda iz nedojedenih
Korneta i papira iz kante pored sladoledarice u
Gornjem dijelu bade-kostima
I sa upijenim suncem koje zrači iz žgoljavih tijela
Dva musava klinca koji se tu muvaju kao psi lutalice
U daljini prolazi brod kruzer na kojem kao da se
Priprema bal. Na kojem kao da se priprema bal
 
A ja stojim i gledam se kako postojim
 
Ajmo večeras uzet barku od tvog starog i krenuti
Na vesla kroz trag mjesečine prema velikom brodu
Kruzeru
Ti već u večernjoj haljini ja već u taksidu
Ti si ponijela nakit od tvoje bake
Tiho se šuljamo i popnemo se po onom štriku koji
Veže sidro za brod i umješamo se u gomilu
Gore već gore lampioni, toči se šampanjac, a na
Najvećoj palubi meksikanska kapela svira onu staru
Pjesmu na koju smo se zajedno ježili ti i ja draga.
Draga? Aha.
Popnemo se na podij, pjesma počinje i frajer sa
sombrerom pjeva:
 
Cantando bajo la luna
Yo se que la vida es sueño
El sueno es querer
El sueno es morir
 
Por eso quiero saber
Porque me duelle tanto
Que stas tan lejos
 
Lejos de mi alma,
De mi cuerpo
De mi corazon
 
Si estarias a mi lado
Navegariamos tranquilos por los sueňos
Mientras la luna en nuestra laguna
No para de reir
 
A ja stojim i gledam te kako postojiš
I ti stojiš i gledaš me kako postojim
 
E stoi i me veo existir
 
Translation

I stand and watch myself exist

A child took a bite of an apple with a provoking look on his face
A dog, turning his head unsympathetically all the while not noticing
the cat that had been staring at him all this time
and was now slowly crossing a bent table into the yard
 
An old man browsing through Slobodna Dalmacija (newspaper) finding the heading that
interests him and readjusting his glasses.
 
Through a window a sheet proceeds a what might be a young
woman's hand. perhaps a young woman's
I was under the impression Borosana was extinct. You are lost in thought
 
Perhaps you re thinking of me
Perhaps we weren't careful enough
Perhaps you got it
 
The memory of a touch is mixed with a sharp presence
of palm leafs and a particular accounstic brought by
the yellowish air of an early nightfall and the scent of plastic
cheap beachtoys that are slowly packed away by the daily
salespeople.
All of this and the touch of a fresh white shirt on
a salty skin and hard nipples
The scent of melted ice cream from long unfinished ice cream cones and paper
out of the ice cream place's bin.
The top of a bikini
and the rays coming of skinny sun absorbed bodies
two dirty faced kids hanging around here like stray dogs
IN the distance a cruiser ship sails by looking as if it were prepared for a ball
 
And I m just standing watching myself exist.
 
Let's take out your old man's boat tonight and go
paddling trough moonlight towards the big cruiser ship
You, dressed in your evening gown and I, already in my tuxido.
You brought your grandmother's jewellery
Slowly we'll creep up and climb up on that rope
that ties the anchor to the boat and we ll just mingle in the crowd
Upstairs the lanterns have already been lit and champagne is being poored and
on the biggest deck a Mexican band is playing that old
song that gave both of us goosebumps my darling
darling?? Yeah.
 
We ll get up on stage, the song begins and a guy
with a sombrero sings:
 
cantando bajo la luna
Yo se que la vida es sueño
El sueno es querer
El sueno es morir
 
por eso quiero saber
Porque me duelle tanto
Que stas tan lejos
 
Lejos de mi alma,
de mi cuerpo
De mi corazon
 
Si estarias a mi lado
Navegariamos tratranquilos por los sueňos
Mientras la luna en nuestra laguna
No para de reir
 
And I stand watching you exist
and u stand watching me exist
 
e stoi i me veo existir
 
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Comments
sensosenso    Thu, 30/06/2011 - 08:43

thank you very much!