Radimlja

Iz pjesme ‘Radimlja’, peti dio: Četvrti jahač

Vrijeme je da se misli o vremenu
Jer trulež do besvijesti bazdi sa smrti gnjile
Vrijeme jest da se razmisli o vremenu
Jer velike vode na nas brode
Gle kako deru i žderu njine vilne sile
Vrijeme jest ubo da se zamisli u vremenu
Jer vjetar hitri vjetar zmajeviti
Na nas će hudo danas da poleti
Vrijeme je vatre jer neka sažga nas i satra
Vrijeme jest ubo da uđe se u ovo vrijeme
Jer vremena ima tako malo
I vremena neće više biti

Mak Dizdar (1917-1971), Kameni spavač (1971)

From the poem ‘Radimlja’, part five: The Fourth Horseman

The time will come to think about time
For the stench of putrefaction is unbearable
The time has come to think about time
For floods are sailing towards us
Look how their fairy powers are raging and devouring
The time has come to contemplate time
For the wind is a swift, raging wind
Which flies at us fiercely today
The time has come for the fire to burn and destroy us
Time is ripe to enter this era
Because there is so little time
And time will be no more

Mak Dizdar (1917-1971), The Stone Sleeper (1971)