Picaferaj - Oliver Dragojević traduction en anglais

Picaferaj

Kad zadnja sunčana zraka
Za Marjan umorna zađe
Križevon kalon niz varoš pojde
Na rivu picaferaj.

Na kosti nosi on skale
Da može užgat ferale
Klapadu žute stare postole
ća su se sjale na bal.

Polako, šotovoće
O bodulu on piva
Završija je posal
Zasvitlila je riva.
Zapalila se cila
U ijadu koluri
Ka mladost ča je prošla
A starosti se žuri.

Kuntenat doma se vraća
Noga za nogon se vuče
škripadu bolno kosti mu stare
ča je daleko do kuće.

Conjureor

When the last rays of sunlight
Die out behind weary Marjan
A hooded figure strolls through the city
Towards the conjureor on the shore.

He carries stones on his boness
So he can light the lanters
On Klapadu yellow old sandals
That once sparkled at a ball.

Slowly, quietly
A bout sea urchins he sings
His work is done
The shore has lit up.
It has all caught fire
In a halo of colours
Like the youth that is past
And the old age that rushes upon us.

The conjureor returns home
Dragging his feet step by step
His old bones creak painfully
Since it is a long way home.