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April 2000. / April 2000
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   FIFI 

   Ovaj cas, 
   ovaj cas 
   jedan pas, 
   na uzici od svile, 
   sa noktima od lila, 
   s masnicom od tila 
   prolazi kraj nas. 

   Jedna zena stara 
   sa njim razgovara: 

   - Fifi, gledaj pravo, 
   Fifi, digni rep. 
   Fifi, pazi drvo. 
   Fifi, nisi slep. 
   Fifi, masnu pazi. 
   Fifi, lepo gazi. 
   Fifi, to ne njusi. 
   Fifi, gore usi. 
   Fifi, ti znas ko si.
   Fifi, ne prkosi. 
   Fifi, jezik nize. 
   Fifi, hodi blize. 
   Fifi, ne skakuci. 
   Fifi, sad ces kuci. 

   Tako Fifi zivi 
   na uzici od svile, 
   sa noktima lila, 
   sa masnom od tila. 
   Tako zena stara 
   sa njim razgovara. 
   Tako ovaj cas 
   prodjose kraj nas.

   Dragan Lukic
 

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   FIFI 

   Right now,
   right now,
   a puppy goes by.
   His leash is made of silk,
   his fingernails are pink,
   his bow is on the brink
   to fall into his eye.

   An old lady talks
   to him as she walks:

   - Fifi, do you mind,
   Fifi, up your tail.
   Fifi, there's a snail.
   Fifi, you're not blind.
   Fifi, keep your bow.
   Fifi, do not fowl.
   Fifi, do not sniff.
   Fifi, you're too stiff.
   Fifi, your head up.
   Fifi, stubborn pup.
   Fifi, up your ear.
   Fifi, please, come near.
   Fifi, don't jump so.
   Fifi, you'll go home.

   That's how Fifi lives
   with the leash of silk,
   with fingernails pink,
   his bow on the brink.
   That is how she talks
   to him as she walks.
   That's how they right now
   went by, anyhow.

   Dragan Lukic
   Translation: Dragana Konstantinovic
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