Saputnik - Đorđe Balašević

Na granici sam bio posle ponoći

Mrak je moja boja i tu nema pomoći

Carinik, jos dečak

Klimnuo mi glavom zvaničan i krut

I samo lupio pečat:

«Sve u redu, laku noć i sretan put»

Put se odmotava k’o dugi sivi šal

Sutra će se stare koke picnuti za bal

Takav dan se pamti

Petnaest godina u vetar poslatih

Dolaze svi maturanti

Al' će neki neke teško poznati

Dosadne proslave mi dođu kao kazna

Ali svejedno

Idem, možda najzad saznam:

Gde je moja Pegava?

Dugo me izbegava

Nije mi se javila, nikad više

Magija je prestala, negde mi je nestala

Kao leptiri pre kiše

Gde je moja Pegi Su?

«Nije ovde», rekli su

«Oni su odselili, nemoj zvati»

Ostao je samo lik, mali verni saputnik

Mali svitac srebrni, da me prati

Promiču dani kao jablani uz drum

Jutro već miriše na vanilu i na rum

Gde su?

Kako se drže?

Baš da vidim šta je s' dobrim đacima

Oni se potroše brže

Mi smo nekad bili generacija

I was at the border after midnight

Darkness is my color and there is no help

Customs officer, still a boy

He nodded his head formal and stiff

And just broke the seal:

"All right, good night and happy journey"

The road unwinds like a long gray scarf

Tomorrow the old hens will be pissed off for the ball

Such a day is remembered

Fifteen years sent to the wind

All the graduates are coming

But some will find it difficult to know some

Boring celebrations come to me as punishment

But still

I'm going, maybe I'll finally find out:

Where is my Pegava?

He avoids me for a long time

She didn't call me, never again

The magic has stopped, I have disappeared somewhere

Like butterflies before the rain

Where's my Peggy Su?

"She's not here," they said

"They moved away, don't call"

All that remained was a character, a small faithful companion

Little silver lamp, to follow me

Days pass like apple trees by the roadside

The morning already smells of vanilla and rum

Where are they?

How are they holding up?

Just to see what happens to good students

They are consumed faster

We used to be a generation