Plava grobnica

In his unforgettable poem, Bojić expressed the tragic fate of Serbia, whose army had passed through Montenegro and Albania to the Greek islands of Corfu and Vido, where over 5,000 Serbian soldiers were buried at sea.

This temple of mystery and the graveyard of sorrow For the giant corpse endless as our mind As calm as the midnight above the south islands is Yet dark as consciousness, cold and in despair.

But this graveyard in which lies The tragic secret of an epic deed Will cradle the immortality of glory Where the spirit will search for its lead.

Resting here are the laurels of the past And the transient joys of a whole nation In this sombre grave under the blue waves Between the Earth and the sky dome.

For I want an endless silence to rule For the dead to hear the battles’ furore How their boiling blood sparks in their sons Under the wings of glory.

That’s why I need peace for this requiem Without words, without tears or quiet sighs To unite the clouds of incense and gunpowder With the muted rumbling of far-away drums.