Legend Of Azra* ~ Legenda O Azrama* Poem by Jankovic Zoran

Legend Of Azra* ~ Legenda O Azrama*



The most beautiful Bosnian poem
was written by German.

Azra *, signed by Heinrich Heine,
the legend of a tribe in which men,
that a woman does not love back,
go to the desert to die.

I can't do this because
I am not Heine, not Azra,
and you are not worth my death.
We are a legend that our children
will not persuade their grandchildren.


* Azra is a tribe that, according to the legend,
existed in the territory of today's Yemen.

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Legenda o Azrama*

Najljepšu bosansku pjesmu
je napisao Njemac.

Azru*, potpisuje Hajnirih Hajne,
legendu o plemenu u kome muškarci,
kojima žene ne uvrate ljubav,
odlaze u pustinju da umru.

Ja to ne mogu da uradim
jer nisam ni Hajne, ni Azra,
a ti nisi vrijedna moje smrti.
Mi smo legenda koju naša djeca
neće prepričavati svojim unucima.

*Azra na arapskom znači Nevinost.
To je i ime plemena koje je, prema legendi,
živjelo na teritoriji današnjeg Jemena.
Aleksa Šantić je prepjevao tu pjesmu
i ona se kod nas zove:
Kraj tanana šadrvana.

Friday, March 8, 2019
Topic(s) of this poem: legends
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