A Note on the Land
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“A Note on the Land (Zapis o zemlji)”: Once a worthy questioner asked someone: Who is that? What is that? Wherever is that? From whence comes that? Which way is that? That Bosnia Tell me. And at once the one asked gave an answer: Bosnia is a land Both fasting and barefoot And hungry and cold And suffers from A lack Of Sleep. . .” 1 Mak Dizdar ZAPIS O ZEMLJI Pitao jednom tako jednoga vrli pitac neki: A tko je ta, sta je ta da prostis Gdje je ta Odakle je Kuda je Ta Bosna Rekti. A zapitan, odgovor njemu tad hitan dade: Bosna, da prostiš, jedna zemlja imade I posna i bosa da prostiš I hladna i glada 1 ? Dizdar, Mak (1955). Kameni Spavač, Sarajevo: Veselin Maleša, pages 108- 9.
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“A Note on the Land (Zapis o zemlji)”:
Once a worthy questioner asked someone:Who is that? What is that?Wherever is that?From whence comes that? Which way is that? That Bosnia Tell me.
And at once the one asked gave an answer:Bosnia is a landBoth fasting and barefootAnd hungry and cold And suffers fromA lack Of Sleep. . .”1
Mak DizdarZAPIS O ZEMLJI
Pitao jednom tako jednoga vrli pitac neki:A tko je ta, sta je ta da prostisGdje je taOdakle jeKuda jeTaBosnaRekti.
A zapitan, odgovor njemu tad hitan dade: Bosna, da prostiš, jedna zemlja imadeI posna i bosa da prostiš I hladna i glada I k tomu još Da prostiš Prkosna
1 ? Dizdar, Mak (1955). Kameni Spavač, Sarajevo: Veselin Maleša, pages 108-9.
