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Translation - Serbian-English - Pozdrav iz grada

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Title
Pozdrav iz grada
Text
Submitted by cressida
Source language: Serbian

miris vrućeg asfalta
lijepi se za nove japanke
u Å¡etnji gradom
pored rijeke
u oku – oko
previše su tamne naočale
u ruci sladoled bez arome
rijeka prolazi kraj mene
pozdravlja šeširom
utopljenika
na pješačkom mostu žene
glasno tjeraju mladića

na posljednji skok.
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Please can you translate this into English?

Title
the smell of hot asphalt
Translation
English

Translated by MozakStrokavi
Target language: English

the smell of the hot asphalt
is pasting onto my new flip-flops
during the walk in the town
by the river
in eye - an eye
the glasses are too dark
in the hand, flavorless ice cream
the river is passing me by
greeting with a hat
the drowned one
on a pedestrian bridge, some women
are loudly urging the young man

to his last jump.
Validated by lilian canale - 22 December 2009 17:34





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22 December 2009 14:42

maki_sindja
Number of messages: 1206
greeting with a hat --> greetings with a hat (3. person singular)


Women are not shoving the young man, they are making him jump.

22 December 2009 15:34

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Hi Maki,

'greeting' is not the infinitive of the verb therefore it can't take an "s" in the 3rd person.

The line means:
"the river is passing me by
(and is) greeting with a hat"

About "shoving"...could it be: "inciting/urging"?

22 December 2009 17:19

lilian canale
Number of messages: 14972
Oops!

CC: maki_sindja

22 December 2009 17:31

maki_sindja
Number of messages: 1206
Oh, yes! How stupid of me! Sorry...

I think "urging" would be fine.