Translation of the song lyrics Jedan Dan Života - Miso Kovac

Jedan Dan Života (original)

Samo jedan dan zivota
jos jednu casu mi dajte sad
jer ja sutra nisam s vama
jer sutra umrijecu mlad
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Moj zivot je kratak bio
i prolazan kao san
a ja zelim samo jedno
da zivim jos jedan dan
Neka staro drustvo dodje
ko nekad davno u kraju mom
nek se cuje stara pjesma
taj zadnji glas srca mog
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Samo buket bijelih ruza
nek bude vijecno na grobu mom
samo vjetar neka prica
tu tajnu zivota mog
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Jedan Dan Života (translation)

Just one day granted from the flame of life,
Pour me another chalice, brimming deep,
For tomorrow I vanish from your circle,
Tomorrow—young—I descend into sleep.
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My life was a brief, flickering lantern,
Ephemeral as a vision at dawn,
Yet all my longing is distilled to one wish—
To inhabit one more day before I am gone.
Let the old companions gather in twilight,
As long ago in my native, gentle land,
Let the ancient song resound through the shadows,
That last echo my heart can command.
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Only a sheaf of white roses in silence,
Let it reign on my grave, untouched by decay,
Let the wind alone bear witness and whisper,
The secret of my journey away.
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