Ivo Mijo Andrić: Lira

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As many bridges so many songs

In travels of Evlija Čelebija

For centuries it stands written

The fountain of Ibrahim-effendi

Many poets have written verses about

The gull that hovers above the Water

He was and he is the symbol of Freedom

And their indescribable wish.

In distich Medžazija sang

And wrote about bridge of Dervis Pasha

In third verse Tabija is mentioned

As midnight light of lamplighters.

Thanks to Dear God and Allah

To reconcile banks with Neretva

To give strength to sower

And rich harvest to harvester

Green vision of hope flows

And Emina holds a water pot

Is that the sweet cherry fallen

Into the Water or it is Aleksa’s lira.

Don’t be quiet Miso, sing

If not to bridge than to lovers

Your rimes are fine threads

And their sounds we can hear

Even from Rondo.

And while I write about Mostar

From the bottom of my soul

I feel the drops bubble but

Those autumn rains on the Mostar’s sky

Sing eternal song about Water.

(1998)

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