The Ister Girl/Djevojka Sa Istera Poem by Miroslava Odalovic

He’s gone never seen my heart
Do you hear me Vesna
Do stop your walk
In Ister gone never heard his voice
Do you hear me Vesna
Do stop you walk

This love has love has
Swayed the woods for me
Entangled my hair
His kisses like gallop horses
Are coming back to me

I’ve been loved with the love of the wind
Look, it’s all written on the eyelashes
Each word eyes closing into a dream

And in this dream I cried
And in this dream I touched
With a mourn black dress of mine
The clear water with mourn black dress
The clear Ister water

I curse the lip drinking it down
I curse the head dreaming it now







On nestade srce mi ne vidje
Č iješ li Vesna zaustavi hod
Isterom nestade glas mu se ne č u
Č uješ li Vesna zaustavi hod

Ta ljubav mi ljubav mi
Zaljuljala šume zamrsila kose
Sad meni hrle
Ko konji galopom
Poljupci njegovi

Bijah ljubljena ljubavlju vjetra
Pogledaj sve piše na trepavicama
Svaka riječ u san sklapa mi oč i

I snu sam plakala
U snu sam dotakla
Haljom crnom tugovankom
Bistru vodu haljom crnom
Bistru vodu Istera

Prokleh usnu što ga pije
Prokleh glavu što ga snije


Written in 1994.