Tako je dobro biti sam

Tako je dobro biti sam

Pođem kroz trave do najbliže padine.

Pronađem obli kamen, sednem, pa

ćutim.

Tako je dobro biti sam: u daljini neko

čeka.

Zagledam se u sunce i polako žutim,

(U glavi dodam:

Ispod nogu se igraju ribe, teče reka.)

Tako je dobro biti sam:

U zamršenom korovu iza kamena

Dve ptice se hlade od sunca.

Dve male ptice!

Jedna prhne u sunce i senkom mi išara

lice.

Drugu zovem da mi sleti na ramena.

Tako je dobro biti sam: neko te voli.

Potrčiš pet koraka i staneš kao

kamen.

Prav, visok, ispod sunca: ti ličiš

jedino topoli!

Stojim.

Tako je dobro biti sam: u daljini neko

čeka.

Ispod nogu se igraju ribe, teče reka.

It's So Good To Be Alone

I go through the grass to the nearest slope.

Find a rounded stone, sit down and

remain silent.

It is so good to be alone: there is someone

far away waiting for you.

I stare at the sun and slowly turn yellow,

(I add in my head:

Under my feet fish play, the river flows.)

It’s so good to be alone:

In the tangled weeds behind the stone

Two birds cool their sun-drenched bodies.

Two small birds!

One takes wing in the sun and frescoes

my face.

I call the other one to rest on my shoulder.

It’is so good to be alone: someone loves you.

Run five steps and stay rooted

like a stone.

Straight, tall, under the sun: you look

like a poplar!

Standing.

It’is so good to be alone: there is someone waiting

For you.

Under my feet fish play , the river flows 

(Source: Serbian-Canadian Association of Writers)