Paroles et traduction Arsen Dedić - Čovjek Kao Ja

Čovjek Kao Ja

Ne za te nije čovjek kao ja
što ljubav tužnu samo može da ti da
U ovom stanu ne postoji ništa
što bi moglo zadržati tebe
Ničeg nemam da dam osim sebe
A dao bih sve

Ne za te nije čovjek kao ja
što život gorak samo može da ti da
Ti ne bi mogla da živiš kao nekad
Ja bih htio da budemo sami
I da nečujno prolaze dani
Oko nas

U kući gdje samo
Vergl još rijetko svira
A budućnost za te
Je svijet od papira
U sobi praznoj
Bez svijetlosti i mira

Sad mirno idi ostavi me tu
Da kao nekad opet
Prepustim se snu
Ti u ovom svijetu ne nalaziš ništa
To je život od sanja i pjene
Ne razumijem što tražiš od mene
Kad dao sam ti sve.

A Man Like Me

Never for you, a man like me,
only sorrowful love I have to give to thee,
In this dwelling, naught exists
that could perchance thy presence fix.
I've naught to give but all of me,
Yet I would give thee everything.

Never for you, a man like me,
only bitter life, as you can see.
Thou couldst not live as once I knew thee,
I would that we were all alone,
and that our days would pass unknown
Around us.

Within our home, where only still
The vergla now and then does play,
And thy future for thee,
Is but a world of paper-thin.
In a room so empty,
Without light and peace.

Now, calmly go, and leave me here,
That I, as in the past once more,
May yield me up to dreams of yore.
Thy world holds naught that thou dost find,
'Tis but a life of froth and dreams,
I cannot fathom what thou seek'st of me,
When I have given thee my all.