Her Name ~ Njeno Ime Poem by Jankovic Zoran

Suddenly, without desire or warning,
I saw the past like a muddy coat
on a clean but poorly made suit.

I regretted being clumsy for a moment,
that I chose my, ugliest suit
but I don't blame the rain,
the bad road and the mud.

I don't blame anyone because there is no culprit.
Unreal rates disappear in the mud
when they are covered by traces of the past.

They were in the wrong place
unfaithful May Afternoon and
a clumsy man on the blumpy path.

Suddenly without desire and warning
I remembered by chance traces of the past
because someone mentioned her name.

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Njeno ime

Odjednom, bez želje i upozorenja,
ugledah prošlost kao blatnjav kaput
na čistom ali loše skojenom odjelu.

Zažalih što sam za trenutak bio trapav,
što sam izabrao moje, najružnije odijelo
ali ne krivim kišu, neravan put i blato.

Ne krivim nikog jer krivca nema.
Nestvarne stope nestaju u blatu
kad ih pokriju tragovi prošlosti.

Na pogrešnom mjestu su bili
nevjerno julsko popodne i
nespretni čovjek na neravnom putu.

Odjednom bez želje i upozorenja
Sjetih se slučajno tragova prošlosti
zato što je neko pomenuo njeno ime.