I WANT / ŽELIM
Poems originally written by: Olivera Banović
Translated from Montenegrin into English by: Ane Ferri, Independent Researcher
ŽELIM
Želim da letim visoko,
da dotaknem sunce i nebo,
da hodam po svodu,
da u snu vidim sušu i vodu.
Želim da sanjam,
da letim, želim,
da se sa drugovima
družim i veselim.
Neka ljubav caruje,
nek nam mir
i slobodu daruje.
Tebi kažem, odrasli svijete
da ovo želi svako dijete!
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I WANT
I want to soar up high,
touch the Sun and the sky,
walk upon the vault so blue,
dream of drought and waters too.
I want to dream,
to fly I yearn,
with friends around me,
to laugh and to learn.
Let love reign supreme,
grant us peace, and freedom's dream.
To you, adults, I say it's true,
that every child wishes this too!