Текст и перевод песни Arsen Dedić - Što Je Pjesma Meni

Što Je Pjesma Meni

Obara me s vlasti, zahtijeva istinu
U spaljenom suknu i u nižem činu
U zoru me vodi pred streljački stroj -
Što je pjesma meni i što sam ja njoj
I što sam ja njoj?

Da grizemo skupa ljuti hljeb samoće
A brnistra gori, eksplodira voće
Iza mojih leđa kreće Sunčev konvoj -
Što je pjesma meni i što sam ja njoj
I što sam ja njoj?

Da poričem bolje, a biram takvog druga
Zmija ispod srca i nevjerni sluga
Da će me povesti i u izgubljen boj
Što je pjesma meni i što sam ja njoj
I što sam ja njoj?

Na silu je pratim, idem slijepom prugom
Ne trebamo nikom, samo jedno drugom
Na ukletom brodu, na plovidbi zloj -
Što je pjesma meni i što sam ja njoj
I što sam ja njoj?

What a Song is to Me

She overthrows me, demanding the truth
In scorched rags and in a lower rank
She leads me at dawn before a firing squad -
What a song is to me and what am I to her
And what am I to her?

That we bite together the bitter bread of solitude
And the hillside burns, the fruit explodes
Behind my back starts the Sun's procession -
What a song is to me and what am I to her
And what am I to her?

That I better deny, and I choose such a friend
A viper under my heart and an unfaithful servant
That he will lead me to a lost battle
What a song is to me and what am I to her
And what am I to her?

Forcibly I follow her, walking along a blind path
We need no one, only each other
On an accursed ship, on an evil voyage -
What a song is to me and what am I to her
And what am I to her?