BOSANSKE ŽENE, Stefan SIMIC
Ko je iz Bosne a ja nisam
Teže može da primeti različitost bosanskih žena u odnosu na ostale
Verovatno zato što ih gleda svaki dan
I u svakoj traži nešto drugačije
A ne vidi šta ih sve, u najvećem, spaja
Ali ko dođe ponekad, kao ja
I ko je voleo bosanku a zagledao se u nekoliko
Rećiće vam da ima razlike
I biće neuporedivo fasciniraniji od onih koji su stalno tamo
Bosanske žene se razlikuju po govoru
Što nama, sa strane, prvo upada u oči
Kada ga onako razvuku, nama se istog momenta razvuče osmeh
Milica nije Milica nego Mil’ca
Naglašavajući neka sasvim druga slova pri izgovoru
Zatim njihova toplina u pristupu
Kao da bi te odmah vodile kući, ne u krevet
Nego da te zbrinu, nahrane
Mnogo im više radi srce nego glava
I ako neka žena zna da ušuška muškarca
Onda je to bosanska
Imaju to nešto brižno i kućno
Da koliko god se trudile da budu moderne to ih izdvaja
Ta pojačana emocionalnost za muškarca
I emocionalnost uopšte
Koja meni naročio prija
To neko drugarstvo, prijeljstvo, poverenje
Koje nije baš tako primetno na drugim mestima
Bosanske žene često nemaju tu otmenost Zagreba
Mada ne zaostaju puno
Ili prepotentnost Beograda tj. beograđanki
Ali imaju svoju neku toplinu kojoj je teško odoleti
Kada se nađu negde gde su ljudi sa svih strana sveta
Izgovore sa posebnim naglaskom ono da su – iz Bosne
Kao da to treba nešto da znači
I koliko god da im je zemlja podeljena
One se ponose njome
Bosanske žene su jako seksualne
Ali ponajmanje feministički u odnosu na ostale
Kao da u njima ima ponajmanje frigidnosti
Nigde, kao tamo, nisam sretao prirodnije žene
I onu glad za muškarcem
Iskonsku, pravu, bez foliranja, pretvaranja
Koliko god da znaju da žive i za sebe
Kao da ponajmanje od svih mogu bez drugih
Društvenije su, povezanije i lakše se uklapaju
U njima ne samo da ima nečeg prkosnog, što ne da na sebe
Nego i želja da se mnoge stare vrednosti održe
Ni približno koliko u drugim zemljama
Kao da su koreni nekih prošlih vremena i uticaja mnogo dublji
Samim tim i toplina, nežnost
Bosanske žene nisu srećnije od drugih žena
Možda nisu ni nesrećnije
Ali kao da sve u sebi nose neku pojačanu patnju
Da li zbog ratova koji su se nedavno završili
I preterane potrebe za mirom
Ili zbog svoje lične sudbine i potrage za srećom
Koliko god da je tuge u njima
Ima i neke posebne snage, izdržljivosti, nepokolebljivosti
Da gde god da se nađu, one se snađu
Niko me nije voleo kao bosanske žene
I nigde se nisam osećao tako važan kao muškarac kao u Bosni
Ne znam zašto
Kao da one imaju nešto što druge nemaju
I kao da znaju nešto što druge ne znaju
Da ti priđu, ugode
I podare toplinu koja na drugim mestima izostaje
Zato posebno volim bosanske žene
Prepoznam ih na ulici i one koje ne poznajem
Neke i po crtama lica
Nečemu
Prosto imaju nešto što druge nemaju
Ko nije voleo bosanku
Kao da nije voleo uopšte
I koga nije volela bosanka
Kao da nije bio voljen uopšte
Pitaš me kako znam
Jednostavno znam
I da, nevažno da li se zvala Sandra ili Emina
Marija ili Erna
Sanja ili Lejla, Esma, Asja
Bosanska žena je bosanska žena
I ko nije voleo i upoznao bosansku ženu
Kao da nije voleo ni Bosnu
Ni ono najlepše od Bosne
Žene
Bosanske žene
BOSNIAN WOMEN
Those that are from Bosnia – myself excluded
Can’t quite tell how different Bosnian women are in comparison to others
Probably because they watch them every day
And in each and every one of them they’re looking for something different
Failing to see the things that, in most cases, connect them
But whoever comes occasionally, like myself
And who has loved one Bosnian woman and fancied several others
Will tell you there happens to be a difference
And they will be far more fascinated than those who are always there
Bosnian women are different in the way they speak
Which is the first thing that strikes us, as outsiders
When they stretch their words, we stretch our lips into a smile
Milica isn’t Milica but rather Mil’ca
Accentuating a totally different letter in the pronunciation
Next comes their warm approach
As if they would take you home right away, not to bed
But to take care of you, feed you
Their hearts work far more than their heads
And if there is a woman that knows how to caress a man
Then she is Bosnian
They have something caring and homey about them
No matter how hard they try to be modern, this makes them stand out
That heightened emotion for a man
And emotion in general
Is what works for me in particular
Some kind of camaraderie, friendship, trust
Not so readily noticed in other places
Bosnian women often lack the sophistication of Zagreb
Although they’re not much behind
Or the pretentiousness of Belgrade, i.e. of Belgrade women
But they have some sort of warmth of their own that is hard to resist
When they’re among people from all corners of the world
They are careful to stress that they are from – Bosnia
As if that is supposed to mean something
And no matter how divided their land is
They take pride in it
Bosnian women are very sexual
But the least feministic when compared to others
As if they have the least frigidity
Nowhere else have I met more natural women
And that hunger for a man
Authentic, true, no pretending, no faking
No matter how much they know how to live, even for themselves
It’s as though they, least of all, can live without others
They are more sociable, connected and adaptable
Not only do they have something defiant in their can’t-hurt-me stance,
They also have a desire to retain many old values
Far more so than in other countries
As if the roots and influences of times past run deeper
And with that warmth and tenderness, too
Bosnian women are not happier than any other women
And maybe they are not any less happy either
But they all seem to carry within them some kind of heightened suffering
Whether it’s due to the wars that have ended recently
Or the intense need for peace
Or their own personal fate and quest for happiness
It matters not how much sorrow there is in them
There’s this particular strength, resilience, resolve too
That wherever they are, they figure it out
No one has loved me like Bosnian women
And nowhere else have I been made to feel so important as a man as in Bosnia
I don’t know why
It’s as if they have what others don’t
And that they know what others don’t
How to approach you, please you
And offer the warmth missing in other places
That’s why I especially love Bosnian women
I recognize them on the street, even those I don’t know
Some by their faces, too
By something
They simply have something others don’t
He who hasn’t loved Bosnian women
It’s as if he hasn’t loved at all
And he that hasn’t been loved by a Bosnian woman
It’s as if he hasn’t been loved at all
You ask me how I know
I just do
And yes, regardless of whether her name’s Sandra or Emina
Marija or Erna
Sanja or Lejla, Esma, Asja
A Bosnian woman is a Bosnian woman
And he who hasn’t loved and gotten to know a Bosnian woman
It’s as though he has neither loved Bosnia
Nor the most beautiful thing from Bosnia
Women Bosnian women
Prevela/translated by: Minja Pješčić Pregledala i savjetovala/ peer reviewed & advice offered by: Lisa Stewart
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BOSNA JE ČITAV JEDAN SVET, U MALOM ZATO JE VELIKA, ZATO JE NAJVEĆA ZATO ŠTO JEDINA ZNA SVE TO DA OBJEDINI, STAFAN SIMIC
Kada dođe leto, svi odoše u svoju Bosnu
Preko godine se baš i ne stiže
Ali leti, Bosna je jedna od glavnih stanica
Živi se na svim stranama sveta
Tačnije radi se, snalazi i odlazi
Ali samo se Bosni uvek vraća
I kada se u njoj ne živi, ona živi u ljudima
Gde god da su
A opet, druge države često uveličavaju sebe i svoj značaj, jedino Bosna umanjuje
Kao da se svega stidi a treba da se ponosi
Šta je sve prošla i prolazi, druge zemlje bi se raspale, pripale nekom drugom
A Bosna živi za sebe i prkosi
Od pamtiveka pa do današnjih dana
Tri naroda i tri vere, čitav svet u malom
Uticaj Turske, Rusije, Amerike…
A opet ni Turska, ni Rusija, ni Amerika
Bosna sve ima, samo nema svest o tome da sve ima
Kada se to gleda sa strane, deluje i više nego zanimljivo
Banja Luka ima svoju priču, Sarajevo svoju, Trebinje svoju, Mostar svoju
Gradovi kao male države, svaka za sebe
Da ne pričamo o Tuzli, Zenici, Bileći, Bijeljini i mnogim drugim
Za njih su to samo gradovi a za nas sa strane, luke istorije
U kojima se prelamaju kulture i različitosti
I sve nam je nekako zanimljivo, drugačije
Kao da odemo u neki daleki svet koji nam je tu
Stotinak kilometara daleko
Bosna je imala i ima svoje heroje
Od Mirze, Džamonje, Davorina, Kike Sarajlića, Keme i ostalih
Ima i neke nove kojih još nije ni svesna
Ima „Pravdu za Davida“ koja je ujedinila čitav region
Imala je ćutanje Jelene Topić u Prijedoru koje je odjeknulo glasnije od najveće buke
Bosna ima 1000 svojih čuda
A da ne pričamo ko sve vuče odatle korene i poreklo, i neizbežni naglasak naravno
Bosna je i moderna i tradicionalna
Jednom nogom sva u prošlosti, drugom u budućnosti
Ali sve je to čini posebnom, drugačijom da je upravo ta različitost, kakvih nema
Čini jedinstvenom
Bosna ima Sarajevski atentat i Gavrila Principa, kao jedan od najvažnijih pucnjeva istorije
Ima svoje čuvene reke – Neretvu, Bosnu, Sanu, Unu, Vrbas…
Ima svoj Igman, Neum, Jahorinu, Bjelašnicu…
Ima svoje Olimpijske igre kojima niko u regionu ne može da se pohvali
Bosnom su izgleda svi zadovoljni, osim onih koji tamo žive
A mi koji dolazimo, i u koji god deo zemlje da svratimo
Nosimo najlepše uspomene
Da ne pričam o gostoprimstvu i pažnji
Da ne pričam o živopisnim krajevima, od mora sa jedne strane do šuma i planina sa druge
I netaknutih prirodnih predela kao u raju
Bosna ima dušu
I preživela je nešto što nijedna država nije u evropi poslednjih decenija
Rat i podele kakve se ne pamte
Na kraju je sve to stvorilo jedan poseban ton
Iako deo Bosne sanja Hrvatsku, drugi sanja Srbiju
Ima i onih kojima je lepa i takva kakva jeste
I ne bi da pripadaju drugima
Nego bi da pripadaju sebi
Bosna jeste svet, koliko god da je ljudima teško to da priznaju
I možda nije najbolji standard
Ali mnogo šta je najbolje ili bar drugačije nego na drugim mestima
I ko tamo često odlazi ili se vraća
Posebno leti
Savršeno zna o čemu pričam
BOSNIA IS AN ENTIRE WORLD IN ONE, WHICH IS WHY SHE IS LARGE, THE LARGEST, BECAUSE SHE ALONE KNOWS HOW TO UNITE IT ALL
When summer comes, everyone heads for their Bosnia
There is not quite time for it during the year
But in the summer, Bosnia is one of the main stops
People living in all corners of the world
Or rather, working, getting by and leaving
But always coming back only to Bosnia
And when one doesn’t live there, she keeps living in people
Wherever they are
Still, other countries often promote themselves, their own importance, only Bosnia tends to diminish herself
As if she’s ashamed of it all, whereas she should be proud
With everything she’s been through and is going through, other countries would have fallen apart, ended up belonging to someone else
But Bosnia keeps living for herself, remaining defiant
From ancient times to the present-day
Three nations and three faiths, the whole world in one
The influence of Turkey, Russia, America…
Yet neither Turkey, nor Russia, nor America
Bosnia has it all, except the awareness of having it all
To onlookers, it all seems more than interesting
Banja Luka has its own story, Sarajevo too, Trebinje too, Mostar too
Cities like small states, each on its own
Not to mention Tuzla, Zenica, Blieća, Bijeljina and many others
For them they’re just cities and for us, onlookers, the harbors of history
Where cultures and differences interact
And everything seems interesting, different
As if we are going to some faraway world that’s right here
Just a few hundred kilometers away
Bosnia had and still has her own heroes
Mirza, Džamonja, Davorin, Kiko Sarajlić, Kemo and others
And there are some new ones she’s not yet aware of
She has “Justice for David” uniting the entire region
She had the silence of Jelena Topić from Prijedor resonating louder than the greatest noise
Bosnia has a 1000 of her own wonders
And not to mention all who can trace family roots and ancestors from here, and the inevitable accent, of course
Bosnia is both modern and traditional
With one foot entirely in the past, the other in the future
All this makes her special, different in a way that this one-of-a-kind difference
Makes her unique
Bosnia has the Sarajevo Assassination and Gavrilo Princip, as one of the most important shots in history
She has her famous rivers – the Neretva, Bosna, Sana, Una, Vrbas…
She has her Igman, Neum, Jahorina, Bjelašnica…
She has her Olympic Games no one else in the region can boast of
Everyone seems to be pleased with Bosnia except those that live there
And those of us who come, no matter which part of the country we drop by
We carry away nothing but the best memories
To say nothing of the hospitality and attention
Not to mention the picturesque lands, from the sea on one side to the forests and mountains on the other
And pristine nature much like paradise
Bosnia has a soul
And it has endured something no other european country has in recent decades
War and divisions unheard of
In the end it has created a special tone
Although a part of Bosnia dreams of Croatia, another dreams of Serbia
There are those who find her beautiful just as she is
And don’t want to belong to others
But to themselves
Bosnia is the world, no matter how hard it is for people to admit it
And maybe it’s not the best standard there is
But many things are better or at least different from other places
And those who visit often or keep coming back
Especially in the summer Know perfectly well what I am talking about
Prevela/translated by: Minja Pješčić
Pregledala i savjetovala/ peer reviewed & advice offered by: Lisa Stewart