Friday 30 September 2016

Dani Franacki - Frankish´ Days - A poem by Zlatko Tomicic - JCS 21

ZLATKO TOMIČIĆ, A SELECTION OF POEMS

DANI FRANAČKI

FRANKISH' DAYS

Ubijena dojenčad bačena je psima.
Brukteri i Sigambri smiju se —
došljaci drski koji kažnjavaju osvetnike.
NESTAT ĆE VAS S LICA ZEMLJE HRVATI!
Dobit ćemo ime vaše!
Nikada vasminut ne će naše ropstvo.
Straže psi u nebu.
Na zemlji jauču rodilje.
Nezatrto sjeme sijeva,
zemlja drhti, zemlja pjeva.
Tutnji trusom, na trešnju se sprema.

The murdered suckling babes are thrown to the dogs.
The Bructeri and the Sigambri laugh—
the arrogant intruders retaliate against the avengers.
YOU WILL DISAPPEAR FROM THE FACE OF THE EARTH, CROATS!
We will take away your name!
You will never be free from our bondage.
The dogs are keeping watch in the heavens.
On earth women scream in childbirth.
The indestructible seed glows,
the earth trembles, the earth sings.
It rumbles, readying for the earthquake.
NIZETEO & TATUM

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