Dragutin Tadijanović

"Dragutin Tadijanović (November 4, 1905 - June 27, 2007) was a renowned Croatian poet."

THE POEM ABOUT QUINE AND A BIRD

Zrela,žuta, mirisava dunjaNa stablu visokuNeotrgnuta ostalaJesenasI uvenulaSa stabla mirisne dunjePticaOdletjela preko voćnjakaU šumu duboku, u šumu gustu, pustuNi dunje, ni pticeNemaNemaNi ptice, ni dunje.

Yellow quince full of odor was left on the tree this autumn and it withered.From the quince tree a bird flew away over the orchard into the deep, thick, deserted forest.There is no quince nor bird any more.}