I CAN SEE LOVE (Vidim ljubav)
Along this road I’m taking
Here in this place where I’m standing
In the cloud so grey
In the brunches of the pine tree
I can see it.
In all those rain drops
In the heavy tree tops
In the wind on the cliff
At the doorstep of caves
Love.
Here where I find this
truly white forest flower
Upon the cliff
There is a shadow, climbing,
It is love
flowing through this world.
MY POEMS (PJESME MOJE)
In this river
Taking me
In her waves to the end,
With a hook, just like fish,
From this water so fast,
I fish out poems.
Those tiny fish
Those are my poems
Being born at sunrise
Washed
in the dew of dawn.
And while flowing,
I drag behind me
the foam from my past
Sometimes a bubble
Into my poems
I put inside.
In those bubbles love is
A tender wave
Caressing me
Destiny is water
That can both
boil over and stand still.
LOVE (LJUBAV)
That tender flower
Grows everywhere
The scent of
Intoxication
is everywhere.
It can be picked
Any time
In spring, summer,
autumn and winter.
That tender flower
is called love.
We pick it
We give it
And receive.
If we don’t pay attention
Sometimes we lose.
A MOMENT (TRENUTAK)
Quick
Fervid
feverish.
Hungry
Preying
lusting.
Attentive
Tender
fumbling.
Careful
Sensitive
Pinching.
That is a moment
of love.
LOVE CAN BE (LJUBAV MOŽE BITI)
A cold basket
filled up with love.
Can be a shallow pond
That we easily cross over.
Can be
A warm ray of sun
glowing on a body.
Love can be
A hard diamond
hard to brake.
Love can be shiny
Just like you are,
kept in my heart.
IN CIRCLES (UKRUG)
Winds of time
in the circle of life.
Hands
of the clock.
One life
Around in circles
Full of misery
Expected hopes
Summed up
in a burden of doubt.
SCENT OF FIRST LOVE (MIRIS PRVE LJUBAVI)
Scent of the first love
Into a foreign country
Had taken me
With its glow
It seduced this young girl.
Its scent,
Intoxicating,
captivated my conscience
and closed my eyes.
A moment of eternity
Transformed the youth
Into a mother
and showed me the real life.
That moment
given as a gift
will stay forever,
will follow me to the end.
My first love
Became scattered
By the earthly dust
Its scent
blown by the wind.
MOMENT OF ETERNITY (MINUTA VJECNOSTI)
Beauty of nature
Opened the doors of heaven
And poured all that glow
all over us.
We were given
A moment of eternity
Of all that glow
in the harbor of our embrace.
That very minute
Captivated our hearts
Made us used to beauty,
taught us how to love.
In our hearts
It will remain forever
In this love
It won’t die, never.
I AM WAITING (CEKAM)
Above him
There are dark shadows
Singing
the song of disbelief.
Me, crumpled,
I am waiting beside him
For the freezing evening
of our mutual destiny.
Trying to brake up the silence
With a prayer
for survival.
I beg of this spark,
spark of fire,
to induce the flame.
I keep waiting,
Expecting,
But my soul can already feel
The freezing wave
Of the storm
That is attacking.
ICE-COLD GIFT OF LOVE (LEDENI DAR LJUBAVI)
I am becoming frozen
By these freezing
Tiny drops
Glued to the
Glass of my
window.
They reflect
Onto this winter day
The glow
of the sunset.
In the crystal
Spectrum
There is an image:
yours.
You left
Without
turning around.
Snow that falls remained
Making noise
inside me.
MELODY (MELODIJA)
When the song of birds
Becomes louder than church bells
I can hear the pain,
I can feel the sadness.
The church tower is tall
Where the notes trip up,
Notes of this
mixed up melody.
TEARS (SUZE)
Cold autumn rain washes those dead branches.
Along this empty street I wander aimlessly,
without a stop, and no one offers his hand.
Even rain wouldn’t stop.
I walk weakly.
Even the trains abandon me
Only in my heart, softly, I hear the scary beep
So from my mind disappear both the rain and the empty street.
THIS SMALL VESSEL (MALA BARKA)
On this wide, wide sea
A tiny vessel, that’s him.
He is a harbor of air
in this dawn, in a dream.
He will fool the waves
Of the stormy sea
He will touch the land
He has to, for me.
Those waves made of foam
Have reached the shore
Small vessel is gone
in dreams. He’s no more.
THE PAIN OF LOVE (LJUBAVI BOL)
Love hurts me, fire burns me
flames boiling hot
Shadows of curses lead me to hell
for my sorrow caring not.
In wild darkness I search for his face
To finish my own puzzle, I decide
I know that I am lying to myself
It’s a trick to fool me inside.
Hours have passed, gone in this darkness
Taking the ashen image of you
Inside me there is nothing but pain
To be swallowed by the morning dew.
THE LOST HEART (IZGUBLJENO SRCE)
It is gone
Went to the earth
Your heart
is now dust.
Soaked by rain
into the flow of waves.
Chased by wind
behind the hills.
It is far
It is here with me
The memory of stone
The candle of flame
Shadow that passed
through the times.
MY FLOWER (MOJ CVIJET)
Dead of the night through my garden
It gives me this angelic peace
You can clearly hear centuries past
long forgotten along this path.
A flower trying to find the image
of the past in the memory’s dirt
Just like a soldier, he reminds us
There is nothing but only this earth.
This flower, although he is weak,
someone tender into a bouquet will fold
he is taken from the heavenly garden
to be coated by the image of gold.
The scent of centuries past
Flows through this charming breeze
I feel that, all over again,
There is heavenly peace inside me.
FORGET ME NOT (NEZABORAV)
Your blue eyes, fringed with lashes
There is not a shadow over them
With their love they show how blue
Is the crystal clear sky after rain.
They ride on this wave of flames
Come forward, ride in the distance
They are happy because of my sighs
Inside us they are the love sparks.
My heart is unlocked for them
It won’t be burnt by this love
Even the thought of your eyes is blue
My every dream begins with you.
IT IS HARD (TEŠKO)
It’s hard to lie
under the burning sun
if you can’t stand it.
It’s harder even
Bearing that same sun
that’s burning you.
The hardest of all is
longing for the sun
Knowing how warm it had been, once.
1001 ARABIAN NIGHTS (HILJADU I JEDNU NOC)
For a thousand and one night
In my dreams his shadow I adored,
calling for help with no words,
calling Aphrodite to my rescue.
When the thousand and one night arrived
Two shadows, moving,
Practiced on the silky carpet
their walz, with no forgetting.
On that thousand and one night
To each other they both swore:
Our love will never pass
It will last forever more.
For a thousand and one night
The moon offered his smile, so bright
Pouring his magical power
conquering darkness with light.
TIME WILL HEAL (VRIJEME LIJECI)
All the wounds
And that pain
That burns
Always so painful
and this wound, always hurtful.
It’s destiny.
Another love has
Healed me
Soothing me
healing my wounds.
Everything can be healed
With a new dawn for you
Love will flow like a stream
And give us days so new.
THE WINGS (KRILA)
Without a bridge
There is no
meeting of hearts.
We have become
Two birds
With no wings
mesmerized by distant things.
With this strong thread
Made of silk
I shall embroider
These new wings
To fly high
onto some new bridge.
TOGETHER (ZAJEDNO)
Through this wide world
We wanted to roam together.
Our love to be louder
than the Niagara waterfalls.
To pour light of our love
In the clear desert morning
over the ancient pyramids.
To impress our footsteps
Of the hard stone
on the great Wall of China.
To connect our tender flow
From the top of the Eiffel Tower
with the stream of Champs-Elysees.
To feel together
Intoxicating scent of morning
in our garden of flowers.
A POEM FOR BARBARA (PJESMA ZA BARBARU)
(mother, aunt, friend, a wonderful person)
Behind the painful memories
Flamed up with fire,
a torch.
Two eyes burning.
Full of tender love
Their stare is painful
They long
And they burn the cheeks.
Barbara, shining tears
From my heart
The spark of flame
A gift
from happy childhood days.
ALONE (SAMA)
In those days
when not a single word
broke the silence
only this pale old lady
with her arms crossed
is standing on the freezing window.
Through the web of memories
She sifts,
Trying to find who is responsible
for her sleepy days.
Her question is voiceless.
Is this new leaf
To be blamed for her destiny
Green leaf that was not careful
And fell from this blooming brunch.
Or is it the northern wind, loud,
That is guilty for cutting off the leaf.
Ah, who is to give the answer
To this old lady
She does not know.
For there is not a single word
to break the silence around her.
A TRUE FRIEND (PRAVI PRIJATELJ)
He is just like a star
Whose glow
Does not twinkle
In those hours
of light.
His glow
You will recognize
Only in the darkness
That has embraced you.
His glow, persistent,
is going to prevail.
I SHALL NOT FORGET (NE ZABORAVLJAM)
You were honest,
Though you were cursed
You were
A slave
Of that bitter love
Of that warm spark
You were a victim
Of that drunken, hungry wolf
That skinned you alive
With his claws so sharp
into tiny pieces.
You were
A victim while a companion
My great
loyal friend.
And that is the past,
so gloomy.
WITHOUT RELIEF (NEPREBOL)
Today, there are some sparks
Dark, amazing,
shinning above the cypress tree.
Stars have disappeared
Rain wants to
Flow into the river.
The whole wide sky in my tears
Has been crying for thirty years
A stone has blossomed into basil
My pain smells with no relief,
tightened into a wreath.
Being a sister, it is difficult.
Listening to the whisper of those heights
For years
waiting for a brother.
SECOND LOVE (DRUGA LJUBAV)
I wasn’t looking for you
But I did find you.
Once upon a time
There was I
Now there are We.
Our path
Is a single line
The light of that road
Is much clearer with you
A true love
is richer with you.
LASTING MEMORY (SJECANJE KOJE TRAJE)
I thing of those days fondly
When your love
grew up inside me.
This is the right love
A small bee
whispered to me.
My Soul
Ever since that day
Does not feel
the burden of life
It is weightless, like
A spring flower
Just like sweet nectar
That smells just like you.
FOREST (U SUMU)
We burn in that flame
Like a torch
Blown by the sea wind
to the fullest.
In the forest, silence
hidden on the floor.
Delighted
Poppy-flowers start burning.
Through the tree tops
Where golden rays of sun
Search for a place to sleep
A spark of dawn has appeared.
I OFFER MY HAND (RUKU TI PRUŽAM)
Do not ask for
The dreams
Of the day
In the light
Of the silvery
night.
I am
Next to you
I give you
My hand
For a dawn for two
together.
THE WISH OF LOVE (ŽELJA LJUBAVI)
Let your arms
Around my body
Burn me, so strong,
So that I forget
all that is wrong.
Let your lips
Kiss me
Your red lips, neat,
Let me drink on them
all that is sweet.
Let my eyes
Disappear in yours
And forget the sorrow.
Let our bodies
In love
Connect ever so tightly.
So that we won’t hear the clock
So that we won’t count the hours
Let our wishes
Come true
Let us fly to the very sky
Together in heaven
Let us find our home.
WHEN LOVE HAPPENS (KAD LJUBAV PLANE)
From this happiness, from your touch,
For a moment stops this heart of mine;
All my senses become yours
when you offer your lips, so fine.
And then I love, I return and I run,
and let love happen in all its might;
Without conscience, mesmerized,
All disappears when I hold you tight.
I WANT (ŽELIM)
Your
Two strong arms
Into their embrace
I run, so happy,
without any trouble.
They will hold me tight,
They don’t give me pain.
Your two eyes
Because of them
I blush
When they say
that you are my love.
SHE WAS BORN (RODILA SE)
Tonight
Our destiny
Has become one
The unbroken thread
Of this new love
was born.
A dawn so shy
her blushing face
showed through the window
And impressed upon us
the peachy stamp
of her smile.
I DISCOVER (OTKRIVAM)
This subdued passion
I discover
Behind the cloak
of stiff courtesy.
Silence
Of loneliness
Disappears in your
playful smile.
I can easily bear
Your happiness
Giving yourself away
to her.
SHE IS DETERMINED ODLUCNA)
As waters flow
I shall swim
As long as I have you
I shall love
As long as there is life in me
I shall love.
FROM THE DISTANCE (IZ DALJINE)
You and I
In the mirror of spring light
And the song
Of birds
All in love
From the distance
To
The stream there is noise
Of those green
deciduous
forests.
GEYSERS (GEJZIRI)
The two of them
Filled up the stars with happiness
There is moon in their eyes
They are a part of the scene
From embrace
To eternity
Their souls are geysers
Burning
This boiling hot fountain
In their song flowing
Love drops in rainbow colors
Light is showing
Day and night there are
Horizons seen through my songs
And the song of birds,
voice of love like a shower
Everywhere you can feel
this intoxicating power.
HOLD ME TIGHT (CVRSTO ME DRŽI)
I’d get afraid
When from the skies
A shooting star would fall
When the moon is gone
I am afraid of the night,
afraid of darkness and all
I am afraid
of the very depth of my soul.
You are here
And hold me tight
so the first ray of light
will not burn me down.
Afraid of being alone
In the morning, in its might
Be here
And hold me tight
ONLY WITH YOU (SA TOBOM SAMO)
I love to
Lie in the grass
With you
With my eyes
to fly in the skies.
I forget
to count the hours.
Only with you
I feel that
I am alive and true.
THE STREAM (NA IZVORIŠTU)
Under the huge mountain
a fresh stream.
It’s whispering.
Two shadows at the stream
Hungrily pour this freezing
water into a shallow jar.
A smooth mirror of the
clarity of nature.
Shadows coated with happiness.
WE ARE NOT AFRAID (NE BOJIMO SE)
Filled with warmth
Of this mild wind
We have enflamed
The spark
of our young bodies.
We have multiplied
The peachy glow
of light.
Boiling heat
We have spread
along the path.
Melted together
We are not afraid
of winter.
CONTENT (SADRŽAJ)
The two of us
Together
Many times
Covered many roads
Went through many valleys
Jumped over many hills
We grow old together
So that we don’t grow sad
Our hands
Won’t let go
Love has
Grown into us
and is deeply rooted.
The whole life
We worked together
Made money together
Helped our children
Gave them our hand
The foundation of future
laid out for them.
The two of us,
together.
NOISE (ŠUM)
At the mouth
Of the river
Rain
falls.
Drops
Are dancing
On the stage
Of this smooth mirror.
Some of the shiny drops
Are blown by the wind
In the distance
Noise
Of a tender embrace
in my soul.
THE TRACE (TRAG)
Without any delay
Between the footsteps
With no shoes on
Between coarse feet
Time
Is impressing itself
Diligently
All new generations,
With new impulses,
Impress
their trace
in this embroidered path.
I DREAM OF BOKA (SANJAM BOKELJSKI SAN)
Here I come again
With my clean footsteps
into this dream of light.
In the city squares
In those narrow streets
In those stairs of stone
Someone’s footsteps
are the flash of light
in the stone.
I turn around
I sense their traces.
I pass by the cathedral
With its towers so tall
with its doors so wide.
I remember
There were two
taking a picture together.
I see the magic
Of the flowery balconies,
I see the wooden blinds
And the windows
Lamps and streets
gardens and shades.
I can clearly hear the evening sound
Of the cricket
Before it is replaced
By those night-birds,
fortune tellers and such.
I never miss the hypnotic might
Of that street chatting en-masse:
On the balconies
In the cottages
At the doorsteps
In the streets
In the back alleys
In the valleys
In the markets
And the city squares.
Ah. Then there is also,
In my dream of Boka,
The smell of sea salt
The smell of olive oil
The smell of dried figs
The smell of salty sardines
Of some slightly bitter wine
and of lavender.
Oh, Boka, you beautiful,
in my dream
You are so close to me
I am always near.
VIEW FROM MOUNT LOVCEN (SA LOVCENA)
View from this mountain
Is softly caressing
A million
shiny necklaces
burning stars
soft twinkles
dreamy eyes.
In the game of earthly living
From the top I can see
the gold of the rising sun.
All this
Was born inside me
Grew inside me
Blossomed inside me
Shined with me
and remained in my heart.
View from this mountain
is soft and caressing.
IN CETINJE, I SHALL WAIT (NA CETINJU, CEKACU)
If I go somewhere
You stay alone
If you are looking for me again
Well,
There is my birth place waiting for me.
If you come here, sometimes,
Any single year
Any single day
At any hour whatsoever
Forever young
I shall wait for you
Lusting and happy
at that hour.
With the ray of sunlight
I shall embrace you
With the drops of rain
I shall cares your face
I shall decorate the skies,
for you, with stars.
With bright things from distance
The darkness of your eyes
I shall hypnotize.
You shall know me
For my grace
Melancholic,
A true love
You shall desire
Under the wings of eagle
You shall stay.
If you come to Cetinje
At that time
Into my beautiful city
Any single year
Any single day
At any single hour
Dressed in lush
Coat of nature
Full of magic
I shall be waiting for you.
