Poem
Slađan Lipovec
III
we had a crash at the exit
at Križevci in
some godforsaken place rain was
pouring down and Zabranjeno pušenje
was playing at home
you\'ll be in real trouble
\'cause you smashed your car fuck
as long as we are still
alive said Đuka
but I have to admit
it wasn’t all the same to me
sitting in the car turned upside down – the smell
of gasoline and something crackling
and you can’t get
out in the end nothing
happened – it wasn’t like in
an American car
fuck that
explodes
the moment it
slides from the road
© Translation: 2008, Miloš Đurđević
Zabranjeno pušenje - A rock band from Sarajevo which reached its height of popularity during the late 1980s. Their harsh urban songs with punk undertones are still very popular among younger generations across ex-Yugoslavian countries.
III
III
zabili smo se na izlazu
iz Križevaca u
nekoj pripizdini kiša je
lijevala i sviralo
Zabranjeno pušenje kod kuće
dok ti slože frku
zbog kola slupanih jebiga
glavno je da smo ostali
živi veli Đuka
al nije mi bilo
svejedno dok smo bili
na krovu – smrdi
benzin nešto pucketa
a ti ne mreš
van na kraju nije bilo
ništa – nije to
bio američki auto
jebote to
sleti malo s ceste
i odmah odleti
u zrak
© 2003, Slađan Lipovec
From: Emily Dickinson u mom gradu
Publisher: Naklada MD, Zagreb
From: Emily Dickinson u mom gradu
Publisher: Naklada MD, Zagreb
Poems
Poems of Slađan Lipovec
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III
we had a crash at the exit
at Križevci in
some godforsaken place rain was
pouring down and Zabranjeno pušenje
was playing at home
you\'ll be in real trouble
\'cause you smashed your car fuck
as long as we are still
alive said Đuka
but I have to admit
it wasn’t all the same to me
sitting in the car turned upside down – the smell
of gasoline and something crackling
and you can’t get
out in the end nothing
happened – it wasn’t like in
an American car
fuck that
explodes
the moment it
slides from the road
© 2008, Miloš Đurđević
From: Emily Dickinson u mom gradu
From: Emily Dickinson u mom gradu
III
we had a crash at the exit
at Križevci in
some godforsaken place rain was
pouring down and Zabranjeno pušenje
was playing at home
you\'ll be in real trouble
\'cause you smashed your car fuck
as long as we are still
alive said Đuka
but I have to admit
it wasn’t all the same to me
sitting in the car turned upside down – the smell
of gasoline and something crackling
and you can’t get
out in the end nothing
happened – it wasn’t like in
an American car
fuck that
explodes
the moment it
slides from the road
© 2008, Miloš Đurđević
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