Paroles et traduction Tereza Kesovija - In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Dok pjevalo je srce moje
Onoga dana, istoga sata
Crna smrt je pokucala
Na naš dom, na naša vrata!
Ja plakala bih kao dijete
Da sam znala, o da sam znala!
Molila bih da te štedi
Koljenima zemlji pala!
Nema te u gradu tvoma
Gdje se sunčan kamen bijeli
Kolijevka još tvoja živi
Al′ te vječnost od nje dijeli!
Porporelom i Stradunom
Lapadom crn galeb kruži
Kamo ću bez tvog srca:
Kratko sunce, mrak sve duži
Crna ženo, kosom što kosiš
Zašto moje najdraže nosiš?
U tren jedan banu tuga
Nesta slavuj iz mog luga

In Memoriam

While my heart was singing
On that day, at that same hour
Black Death knocked
At our home, at our door!
I would have cried like a child
Had I known, oh had I known!
I would have begged it to spare you
Falling to my knees and pleading!
You are not in your city
Where the sunlit stone glows
Your cradle still lives
But eternity now divides it from you!
Over Porporela and Stradun
A black seagull circles Lapad
Where will I go without your heart:
Sun for a moment, then darkness forever
Black woman, with your scythe that reaps
Why do you bear away my most precious love?
In an instant, sorrow came
The nightingale has flown from my grove