Fire Of Memory ~ Vatra Sjećanja Poem by Jankovic Zoran

If you a tear drops, suddenly,
for no apparent reason, down your face
you will ask for a clear reason for its occurrence.
You will wipe your cheek with a nervous hand
thinking that the wet palm has no trace of fate.

You might think that maybe,
the smoke of the burned cigarette hit his eyes.
You maght think that you are
the icy wind breathed in pain
as you wander through the winter night.

But when you see reality,
when you open your eyes
and see that it is your ashtray
is completely empty,
that you sit in a warm and clean room,
you will realize that they are still
smoldering your burning memories,
and tears are the wrong desire to fire
of the remembrance will never be extinguished.

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Vatra sjećanja

Ako vam suza, iznenada,
bez jasnog razloga, kapne niz lice
tražićete jasan razlog njenog nastanka.
Nervoznom rukom ćete obrisati obraz
misleći da mokri dlan nema tragove sudbine.

Pomislićete da vas je, možda,
dim dogorjele cigarete pogodio oči.
Možda ćete pomisliti da vam je
ledeni vjetar udahnuo bol
dok tumarate kroz zimsku noć.

Ali kad ugledate stvarnost,
kad otvorite oči i vidite da je
vaša pepeljara potpuno prazna,
da sjedite u toploj i čistoj sobi
vi ćete shvatiti da još uvijek tinjaju
vaše izgorjele uspomene,
a suze su pogrešna želja da vatra
sjećanja ne bude nikad ugašena.