The Murmur of Material
In Gevgelia there is a man
Who once was and still is just a man
Even back then when one ought to have been
Either a Cro or a Srb
A Mac or an Alb
So what?
Someone will say.
Big deal!
Others will add.
And in the ensuing
Murmur of dissonant voices
I will yet again fail to hear
Whether any of them really tried?
by Perdrag Lucić
Translation: Damir Šodan
Original Croatian:
Zamor Materijala
U Gevgeliji postoji čovjek
Koji je bio i ostao samo čovjek
Čak i onda kada se moralo biti
Srb il Hrv
Mak ili Alb
Pa šta onda
Reći će netko
Ništa lakše
Dodat će drugi
I u tom žamoru
Ja opet neću čuti
Je li to pokušao
I netko od njih