Covid has stolen so much, Djordje Balasevic being one of the latest acquisitions. His music was the soundtrack to my childhood and I am so happy I was able to see him play live in Zagreb in the eighties and then again in the naughties. Even today, towards the closing hours of a good bike ride, his songs settle into my mind and I know it has been a good day. You will not thank me for it, but I will translate “Remorker”, that private Randoneuring anthem. Better look it up on YouTube though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u0010”Tugboat” impertinently translated by Yours Truly<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
The snows arrive.
\nIt is no good, more and more Novembers bother me.
\nGently clip me to your hair like a seashell pin,
\nthat’s what I need –
\nmy little shelter under the sky.
\n
\nUnhook the barges,
\naim for the morning and
\nlet that ship slide.
\nAmericans cracked the code for this:
\n“Take it easy” pretty doll!
\nA ripe peach splits by the sky.
\n
\nDim the lights, ease on the gas,
\nfunny things we fear.
\nThink someone is looking for us?
\nLike we don’t exist.
\n
\nShift your thoughts to idle,
\nshake the stars like plums.
\nAnd slowly ground the ship
\nonto those plush banks.
\n
\nAnd dream…
\n
\nMigratory birds in flight.
\nSmall sails flutter on open sky.
\nThat departure of geese always makes me older
\n– the journey to heaven.
\nOh, is it upstream all the way?
\n
\nAnd dream…
\n<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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