African Muse ~ Afrička Muza Poem by Jankovic Zoran

A Black Man asks me seriously:
"Did you love a woman from here? "
I smiled:
"Yes, but it does not matter
where she is from."

"Was she white and black? "
He continues to ask.
I laughed again:
"It was white, but it
does not matter to me."

Again the question:
"Was she born in the country
in which you live? "
I got bored:
"Yes, but it does not matter to me."

He laughed for the first time:
"Then I know who she is.
It's the biggest poetess
from your country
living in Africa.
It's called an African Muse."

I stopped laughing.
A Black Man have right.

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Crnac me je pitao:
"Da li si volio neku ženu odavde? "
Smijao sam se.
"Da, ali nije važno odakle je."

"Da li je bila crnkinja ili bijela? "
Nastavio je da pita.
Nasmijao sam se ponovo.
"Bila je bijela, ali to
nije najvažnije."

Ponovo me je pitao:
"Da li je rođena u zemlji
u kojoj ti sada živiš? "
Postalo mi je dosadno:
"Da ali to nije važno."

On se nasmijao po prvi put:
"Onda ja znam ko je to.
To je najveća pjesnikinja
iz tvoje zemlje koja
živi ovdje u Africi.
Ime joj Afrička Muza."

Prestao sam da se smijem.
Crnac je bio u pravu.