Baška ti [English translation]

We outgrow love

Like other big things;

It burns out like grey ash

At the end of a cigar.

A man will get used that everything

Is bound to fade away;

A man will get used that everything

Has a beginning and an end.

Most important are you,

More important than all

That my eyes have seen in the world.

Most important are you,

More important than all

That my arms have embraced on the fly

That’s what I – a victim of my own illusions -

Though, when you said it was all over:

That love is a box

That could be tossed away with time.

The years will give me a sign:

“You are not strong any more”

I know where and with whom you are

But I can’t put up with it.

Most important are you,

More important than all

That my eyes have seen in the world.

Most important are you,

More important than all

That my arms have embraced on the fl