SELMA KOPIĆ

SELMA KOPIĆ

Grass

Wherever you throw me,

I will grow

and I will always be green.

Whenever you intend

to step on me,

I will lie down, under your feet,

and walk you away standing.

And I will always exist

when everything gone,

and throwing, and tramling

and you!

I will always stand up

and grow again.

I can lie down,

but I won't fall.

I am indestructible

fresh and green.

Transient is everything

I am for all times.

TRAVA

GDJE GOD ME BACIŠ,

JA ĆU RASTI

I UVIJEK ĆU BITI ZELENA.

KAD GOD NAUMIŠ

DA ME ZGAZIŠ,

JA ĆU

PRED TVOJIM NOGAMA

LEĆI,

A ISPRATITI TE

STOJEĆI.

I JA ĆU UVIJEK BITI

KAD NESTANE SVE,

I BACANJE, I GAŽENJE, I TI!

JA ĆU SE UVIJEK DIĆI

I NANOVO RASTI.

MOGU LEĆI,

AL' NEĆU PASTI.

JA SAM

NEUNIŠTIVO

SVJEŽA I ZELENA.

SVE JE PROLAZNO,

JA SAM

ZA SVA VREMENA!

Don't Tie Me Up

Promises don't tie me up,

nor the sweet words of hope.

I am not bound by memories,

nor flowers or chocolates.

Even touches don't tie me up,

nor a hot craving breath.

But I'm tied up

and I starting to be afraid.

I'm afraid of chains and padlocks.

I'm afraid of acquaintances

as well as strangers.

I'm running away from loneliness,

the crowd bothers me.

In a woman's heart

fear of the child.

They cut me, squeeze me, choke me,

suffocate me, trample me, tear me down ...

I would go, I have nowhere to,

behind is desolate, in the front is dark.

I would scream,

I don't have to whom.

They are spreading arms with which they break.

And I'm standing, looking straight.

To pity me, I don't give to anyone.

If you knock me down, I'll get up.

If you blow me, I'll break.

NE VEŽU ME

Ne vežu me obećanja,

niti slatke riječi nade.

Ne vežu me ni sjećanja,

ni cvijeće, ni čokolade.

Ne vežu me ni dodiri,

niti vreli žudnje dah.

A vezana sam

i hvata me strah.

Strah me

lanaca i katanaca.

Plašim se znanaca

k'o i stranaca.

Od samoće bježim,

gužva mi smeta.

U srcu žene

strah djeteta.

Režu me, stežu me,

dave me, guše me,

gaze me, ruše me...

Otišla bih, nemam kamo,

nazad pusto, naprijed tamno.

Vrisnula bih, nemam kome.

Šire ruke kojim lome.

A ja stojim, pravo gledam.

Da me žale, nikom ne dam.

Srušiš li me, podić ću se.

Puhneš li me, slomit ću se.

When They Tell Me

When they tell me

that I'm old,

I think

- I'm rich!

I saw half the world

and I was doing everything,

doing what I love,

loved what I was doing.

Every blister, every wrinkle,

that adorn my hands and face,

they are just a sign

that I was giving in

selflessly.

I travelled, hung out,

going out and drinking;

I was much loved

and I loved many.

To everything,

I surrendered myself

as if it were my last,

because it's not worth anything in half,

not even half the joy,

not even half the pain!

KAD MI KAŽU

Kad mi kažu

star da sam,

ja pomislim

-        Bogat li sam!

Vidio sam pola svijeta

i radio svašta,

radio što volim,

volio šta radim.

Svaki žulj, svaka bora,

što krase moje ruke i lice,

samo su znak

da dav'o sam se

nemilice.

Putovao sam, družio se,

izlazio i pio;

bio mnogo voljen

i mnoge volio.

Svemu sam se predav'o

k'o da mi je zadnje bilo,

jer ne vrijedi ništa napola,

nit' pola radosti,

nit' pola bola!

SELMA KOPIĆ

SELMA KOPIĆ: Professor of Bosnian Language and Literature. Birthday: April 13, 1962. Place of birth: Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Foreign language: English. Awards and representation of my works: First prize for the story on the occasion of World Week ''Every child needs a teacher'', Tuzla, 2006. THIRD AWARD '' Mak Dizdar '' for an unpublished collection of poems ''Puzzle'',  Stolac, BiH, 2008. (Croatian Cultural Society ''Progress'' Tuzla published 10 poems from this collection in the Gradovrh Yearbook).  Third ‘’Tihomir Lesic’’ Award for Newspaper Story, "Tuzlanski list", Tuzla, BiH, 2008.  ''The most beautiful songs of the region'', ''Avlija'' Rozaje, Montenegro, 2014. "Knight of European Poetry", PEN Center, Sarajevo, BiH, my poem is selected among the top 10, 2014. ''The most beautiful songs of the region'', ''Avlija'' Rozaje, Montenegro, 2015. Competition of Love ''Songs of Songs'', Mrkonjic Grad, BiH, Award for the most beautiful love poem about longing, 2016. 102 poems dedicated to the great poet, The Musa Ćazim Ćatić Literary Prize, Odzak, BiH-Munich, Germany, Anthology '' Das am onaj tihi lahor'', 2017. Contest of Love '' Songs over Songs '', Mrkonjic Grad, BiH, Award or the most emotional love poem, 2018. 142 selected poems dedicated to the great poet, Literary Prize "Musa Ćazim Ćatić", Odžak, BiH - Munich, Germany, Anthology ‘’Ne gledaj me, ljepote ti tvoje", 2019 . The contest of love '' Songs over songs '', Mrkonjic Grad, BiH, Award for the most emotional love poem, 2019. Competition of ''Miroslav Mika Antic'' Association Inđija, Serbia, Anthology '' Garavi sokak '', three songs, 2019. 142 poems dedicated to the great poet, Musa Ćazim Ćatić Literary Prize, Odžak, BiH-Munich, Germany, anthology in preparation, 2020. Yearbook of the '' Revival '' Municipal Society of Gracanica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, two stories, Magazine '' Avlija '', 2020.

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