Lyrics and translation Ibrica Jusić - Mačka

Mačka

U gradu nije važno ime
U praznoj sobi, kaže prica
I u sred ljeta, u sred zime
Ja vidim tužnoga mladica

On živi sam i k'o zanesen
U svome svijetu od papira
A vani sunce, kiša, jesen
A vani vergl nesto svira

No jednog dana sum kraj vrata
To netko neznan uci zeli
U njegov život poput tata
Da njegovu samocu dijeli

A vani zima, vani snjezi
I pored praga macka lezi
On pruza ruke k'o da sanja
A vani zora, svijetlost danja

No u tom casu, u tom trenu
Pred sobom vidje nagu ženu
I on joj rece, budi moja
A ona kaze, ja sam tvoja

I sve sto ima mladic skupi
I stavi trgovcu na vagu
Da prstenje od zlata kupi
I haljinu za svoju dragu

Da, zlato zeli, al' ne haje
Za skromnu halju sto joj daje
I tuzni mladic svako veće
U novu kradju opet krece

Jer on je zeli, on je ljubi
I volio bi da je mazi
A zna da svoju ljubav gubi
Bez darova i ruku praznih

I rijesi sada, još ove noći
U zadnju kradju on će poci
I u zoru se mladic vrati
Da strasnim novcem ljubav plati

I donese joj dragi kamen
U svijetu najveći od sviju
U kom se kao jedan plamen
Sve vatre ovog svijeta kriju

I vidje, žena ruke pruza
I ljubi kamen kao muza
I kao sto njega nikad nije
Uz tijelo hladan kamen grije

I dok se njemu lice grci
U sobu udje mis i trci
I kao macka skoci žena
Na plijen se baci istog trena

I stigne ga, a njeni zubi
Već traže meso koje pece
I zeni koju mladic ljubi
Sa kuta usne krv potece

U strahu maldic oči sklopi
Te strasne slike neka odu
On vidje ladju sto se topi
I svoju ljubav na tom brodu

A kada opet nadje snage
On digne vjedje, zene nema
I tada mjesto svoje drage
On vidje macku kako drijema

Kroz prozor udje svijetlost danja
On pruza ruke k'o da sanja
Sad opet samo macku ima
A vani studen, snijeg i zima

Cat

Your name has no importance here
Inside the empty room, the story is told
In the middle of summer, the middle of winter
I can see the melancholy young man

He lives alone and he's like a dreamer
In his world of paper
Outside the sun, rain, autumn
Outside the heat is currently whistling

But one day I am near the door
That a stranger wants to enter
In his life like a thief
To share his loneliness

Outside it's winter, outside there's snow
And near the doorstep a cat lies
He extends his hands as if in a dream
Outside dawn breaks, the world is getting light

But in that moment, in that instant
In front of him, he sees a naked woman
And he tells her, be mine
And she says, I am yours

And everything that the young man has, he collects
And puts it on the scales for the merchant
To buy a ring of gold
And a dress for his darling

Yes, he wants the gold, but he doesn't mind
For the modest dress that he gives her
And the sad young man, every evening
Sets out on a new robbery

For he wants her, he loves her
And he would like to be able to pamper her
But he knows that he is losing his love
Without presents and empty-handed

And he now resolves, even this night
To set out on his last robbery
And at dawn the young man returns
To pay for love with the stolen money

And he brings her a precious stone
The largest of all in the world
In which, like a flame
All the fires of this world are hidden

And I saw, the woman extends her hands
And kisses the stone like a muse
And as he has never done
The cold stone warms his body

And while his face distorts
A thought enters the room and runs
And like a cat the woman jumps
She throws herself on the prey at once

And she reaches him, and her teeth
Already seek the flesh that burns
And the woman whom the young man loves
Blood flows from the corner of her mouth

In fear the young man closes his eyes
Let the terrible images pass
He sees a ship that sinks
And his love on that ship

And when he finds strength again
He raises his eyelids, the woman is gone
And then at the place of his sweetheart
He sees a cat dozing

Light of day enters through the window
He extends his hands as if in a dream
Now he only has the cat again
Outside it's cold, snow and winter