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Day 3 of random poems

My Song adorn yourself,
 My song, with bloom so fair,
And send your fragrance floating through the air.

Not every heart is numb or turned to stone—
They’ll know you by your scent, your soul, your tone.
 
They’ll know you are a child of joy and grace,
Of love your nurse, your cradle, and embrace.

They’ll hear in you a longing, soft and true,
And feel what words alone could never do.

You rise, my song—your journey now begins—
Go greet the world with all your winds and wings.

Salute the doves, the feasts, 
the skies above,
And every heart still fierce and full of love.
Idk what to put here~~~

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@Alpha This song is written by Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj, serbian writer and doctor, who lived in 19th century. This poem is translated version of his 47th poem from book "Djulici". This song is made for his wife Ruža (Rose). Word "djulici" means "roses" in turkish, so in that book are poems for his wife and children.
Here is original version.

Pesmo moja, zakiti se cvetom,
pesmo moja zamirisi svetom;
jos sva srca ohladnela nisu,-
pozvaću te, pesmo, po mirisu!

Pozvaću te, da si čedo milja,
Da ti ljubav majka i dadilja.
Da si rada pevati o slasti,
razumeće, što ne umeš kasti.

Pesmo moja, već si na poletu,
pozdravi mi sve na ovom svetu,
pozdravi mi slavlje i golube,
i sva srca, što se silno ljube.

Please consider the fact that for translators is trully hard to make poem to sound beautiful as it is in original. As well, he is one of my favorite writers, so i would kindly ask to keep the hate for yourself.
@Saya I wonder what is so funny, though?
@Uta As well, i forgot to add that all of his kids and wife died in period of ten year. For that, he wrote another book "Djulici uveoci", "Withered roses", and comitted the rest of his life writing songs and stories for children, making him most recognizable and loved writer for kids in whole Balkan.
Saya
SayaElite Reviewer·1 year ago
@Uta nothing, I just felt like it