Na stolu kru (bread on the table)

by Dragutin Tadijanovic

Stajati pred bijelim papirom,
Jos neispisanim, i znati:
Dosad su sastavljeni milijuni pjesama
Na svim jezicima Svijeta
I za milijune ljudi na Zemlji
Spremljeno je vec oruzje da ih unisti —
A ti hoces da se cuje i tvoj krik:
Mir Svijetu! Sloboda Svijetu!
I svakome na stolu kruh!
Standing before a blank sheet of paper
Not a single word on it, I realize;
Men have written millions of poems
In every language of the World
For the millions of people on Earth
There is a weapon ready to destroy them —
But you also want your cry to be heard:
Peace to the World! Freedom to the World!
Bread on the table for everyone!

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