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Croatian ambassador visits Galway

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Croatian ambassador visits Galway

08.01.2020 0 comments

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john

On 9 December, we were pleased to present Croatian ambassador H.E. Davor Vidiš with a translation of  Máirtín Ó Direáin’s poem 'Stoite' translated into Croatian by Dora Josipović and edited by Professor Antonija Primorac in the University of Rijeka.

Read a full translation of 'Stoite' in Croatian below:

 

Iskorijenjeni

Očevi naši

I njihovi očevi prije njih

Borili su se sa životom,

Hrvajući se s golim kamenom.

 

Blaženstvo je bilo njihovo

Kad su susreli

Dobronaklonost prirode

I žar je bio njihov

Jer su izdržali

Silinu nevremena.

 

Jedan je sagradio kuću,

Drugi ogradu

Ili suhozid

Koji ga je nadživio

I sačuvao sjećanje na nj.

 

Mi, njihova djeca,

I djeca njihove djece,

Moramo životariti

Kao podstanari

Čiji bi gazde

Naplaćivali i

Vlagu na zidovima.

 

I mi ćemo biti zapamćeni:

Hrpa papira

Zakopana u prašini,

Ostavljena

U državnom uredu.

john

john.caulfield@nuigalway.ie

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