Lyrics and translation Arsen Dedić - Žena Je Žena

Žena Je Žena

Dok gledam kako stojiš tu
I bijes obuzima te svu
Ja ne znam što bih mogo reć
No samo dosta mi je već
U vinu koje popih sad
Utopio sam čitav jad
Jer život moj je kao noć
O kad bi samo htjela poć
To tijelo tvoje dobro znam
Bez nade sada stojim sam
Ja nemam snage to ti znaš
Upropašten je život naš
I trpim tvoj karakter loš
No što da tebi kažem još
Ponekad
Želim da je kraj
Udavit bih te mogo znaj
O kako izmjeni se svijet
U ovih
Dvadesetipet
Gledaj samo krevet svoj
Ogrtač nezakopčan tvoj
I čarape do samog tla
O neuredna ti si sva
I ja se pitam svaki dan
Kud ode nekadašnji san
I što je bilo s našim snom
Da prođe on
Da prođe on
Ne mogu da ti čujem glas
I umor pada među nas
O prijatelji kakav lom
U srcu mom
U srcu tvom
Da jednom barem šutjet znaš
Al ne
Ti samo brbljaš baš
I riječi grube, riječi zle
Kao kiša padaju na tle
A otrov tvoj i sav taj jad
Otrovat svijet bi mogo sad
Pa ipak često mislit znam
Pokraj tebe kada ležim sam
Da moja žena još si ti
Da nisu mrtvi snovi svi
O kad bi smršat mogla bar
Za sreću nitko nije star
A pudera i šminke trag
Još uvijek bio bi mi drag
I osmjeh blag na licu tvom
Još uvijek mio srcu mom
Jer ja neću da je svemu kraj
Dok u tvom blagom oku sjaj
Za mene znači čitav svijet
U ovih
Dvadesetipet
Budi opet nježna budi san
O davnoj sreči koju znam
Jer i sad
Ja te želim svu
Da budeš tu kraj mene
Tu

A Woman is a Woman

As I watch you standing there
And rage consumes you everywhere
I don't know what I could say
But enough is enough, I pray
In the wine that I have drunk tonight
I have drowned all my plight
For my life is like the night
Oh, if only you would just take flight
Your body, I know it well
Without hope, now I stand alone and dwell
I have no strength, you know that it's true
Our life is ruined, through and through
And I endure your awful ways
But what more can I say in these days
Sometimes
I long for the end
I could drown you if I pretend
Oh, how the world has changed its ways
In these
Twenty-five years
Look only at your bed, my dear
Your unbuttoned dressing gown
And stockings down to your feet alone
Oh, you're so untidy, I must own
And I ask myself every day
Where did our dreams of old go astray
And what has become of our dreams
To pass by
To pass by
I can't hear your voice
And weariness falls between us as our choice
Oh, friends, what a disaster
In my heart
In your heart, my dearest
If only you could just be quiet, I'd hear
But no
You just grumble, it's so clear
And cruel words, angry words
Fall like rain on the ground, it's absurd
Your poison and all that spite
Could poison the world tonight
Yet often I think with a sigh
When I lie beside you and try
That you're still my wife, my dear
That not all our dreams are dead, I fear
Oh, if only you could lose some weight
It's never too late to find your fate
And the trace of powder and paint
Would still be dear to me, no quaint
And the gentle smile on your face
Would still be sweet in this place
For I don't want it all to end
As long as your gentle eyes still send
A glimmer of hope to me in this strife
In these
Twenty-five years
Be tender again, be my dream, my dear
Oh, for the old happiness that I know
For even now
I desire you all
To be here beside me when I call
Here