Na tuđem jeziku
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Llegué sin nada, solo fe y acento,Argentino, perdido en el Adriático lento.Me dijeron dobrodošao, sonreí sin entender,▸ DÓ-bro-do-shao · bienvenidoPero pronto aprendí lo que cuesta caer bien.
Sjedni, pričaj, smiri stvari,▸ SIÉD-ni · PRÍ-chai · SMÍ-ri STVÁ-ri · sentate, hablá, calmá las cosasPeleas cruzadas en la mesa familiar.Govore brzo, gritan sin parar,▸ GÓ-vo-re BËR-zo · hablan rápidoYo traduzco miradas que no sé explicar.
Ne razumijem, pero escucho igual,▸ ne ra-ZÚ-mi-yem · no entiendoTengo que ser el fuerte, el neutral.Sve je na meni, todo pasa por mí,▸ sve ye na MÉ-ni · todo está sobre míPsicólogo gratis… na tuđem jeziku.▸ na TÚ-dyem YÉ-zi-ku · en lengua ajena
Na tuđem jeziku,▸ na TÚ-dyem YÉ-zi-ku · en lengua ajenaAprendí a aguantar.Bez riječi,▸ bez RÍE-chi · sin palabrasCuando no podía hablar.Yo puse el cuerpo, puse la voz,Aunque no fuera mi guerra,I nije moj dom.▸ i NÍ-ye moi dom · y no es mi hogar
Verano duro, camping y sol,Radim cijeli dan, sin descanso, sin control.▸ RÁ-dim TSIÉ-li dan · trabajo todo el díaEl padre habla, la madre también,Stalno svađe, nunca está bien.▸ STÁL-no SVÁ-dye · peleas constantes
Y yo diciendo "Let's calm down","We can talk, we can fix this now".Ellos gritan, yo traduzco paz,Pero el idioma no alcanza más.
"You need to understand""This is how we are""Don't take it personal""It's just family scars"
Y yo pensando:A tko sam ja?▸ a tko sam ya · ¿y quién soy yo?¿Y yo quién soy acá?
Na tuđem jeziku,▸ na TÚ-dyem YÉ-zi-ku · en lengua ajenaMe hice fuerte así.Gutam sve,▸ GÚ-tam sve · me trago todoPero no me perdí.Aguanté el ruido, el calor,Pero nadie preguntaKako sam ja.▸ KÁ-ko sam ya · cómo estoy yo
Se terminó Europa, avión al sur,Argentina ljeto, esperaba luz.▸ LIÉ-to · veranoMi vieja espera, mi gente también,Pero ella quiere estar lejos de él.
Ne poštuje, no sabe mirar,▸ ne PÓSH-tu-ye · no respetaHladno ponašanje, todo le da igual.▸ JLÁD-no po-NÁ-sha-nie · actitud fríaNo quiere mesas, no quiere estar,Pokvarila put, me lo hizo pesar.▸ po-KVÁ-ri-la put · arruinó el viaje
Yo crucé mares, crucé idiomas,Za nas, por nosotros, por la historia.▸ za nas · por nosotrosPero cuando tocó bancar al revés,Nije mogla, no supo entender.▸ NÍ-ye MÓ-gla · no pudo
No era Croacia,No era Argentina.Era respeto.Era familia.
Na tuđem jeziku,▸ na TÚ-dyem YÉ-zi-ku · en lengua ajenaMe supe parar.Dosta je,▸ DÓS-ta ye · bastaNo voy a mendigar.No soy traductor de peleas sin fin,Soy un tipo leal,I to je to.▸ i to ye to · y eso es todo
Nisam kriv.▸ NÍ-sam kriv · no soy culpableNisam slab.▸ NÍ-sam slab · no soy débilSolo estaba hablandoNa tuđem jeziku.▸ na TÚ-dyem YÉ-zi-ku · en lengua ajena
English
I arrived with nothing, just faith and an accent,an Argentine, lost in the slow Adriatic.They told me dobrodošao, welcome, I smiled without understanding,but I soon learned how much it costs to be liked.
Sjedni, pričaj, smiri stvari: sit down, talk, calm things down,crossfire fights at the family table.Govore brzo, they talk fast, they shout non-stop,I translate glances I can't explain.
Ne razumijem, I don't understand, but I listen anyway,I have to be the strong one, the neutral one.Sve je na meni, it's all on me, everything runs through me,a free therapist… na tuđem jeziku, in a foreign tongue.
Na tuđem jeziku, in a foreign tongue,I learned to endure.Bez riječi, without words,when I couldn't speak.I gave my body, I gave my voice,even though it wasn't my war,i nije moj dom, and it isn't my home.
A hard summer, campsite and sun,radim cijeli dan, I work all day, no rest, no control.The father talks, the mother too,stalno svađe, always fighting, nothing is ever right.
And there I am, saying "let's calm down","we can talk, we can fix this now".They shout, I translate peace,but language alone can't carry it anymore.
"You need to understand""This is how we are""Don't take it personal""It's just family scars"
And me, thinking:a tko sam ja? and who am I?and who am I here?
Na tuđem jeziku, in a foreign tongue,that's how I got strong.Gutam sve, I swallow it all,but I didn't lose myself.I took the noise, the heat,but nobody askskako sam ja, how I'm doing.
Europe was over, a plane south,an Argentine ljeto, a summer, I was hoping for light.My mum is waiting, my people too,but she wants to be far away from him.
Ne poštuje, she doesn't respect, she doesn't know how to look,hladno ponašanje, cold behaviour, nothing matters to her.She doesn't want the tables, she doesn't want to be there,pokvarila put, she ruined the trip, she made it heavy on me.
I crossed seas, I crossed languages,za nas, for us, for our story.But when it was my turn to be backed up,nije mogla, she couldn't, she didn't understand.
It wasn't Croatia,it wasn't Argentina.It was respect.It was family.
Na tuđem jeziku, in a foreign tongue,I learned to stand my ground.Dosta je, enough,I won't go begging.I'm not the translator of endless fights,I'm a loyal guy,i to je to, and that's that.
Nisam kriv. I'm not to blame.Nisam slab. I'm not weak.I was just speakingna tuđem jeziku, in a foreign tongue.