FREEDOM

A song

By Branimir Štulić, 1982

Freedom is not god’s seed you can be given by someone
freedom is not a statement of gratitude read in alphabetical order
freedom is not a slogan off a billboard
constructive criticism of current conditions

freedom is a woman
take her

freedom is not foisting ideologically stunted form
freedom is not foisting ideologically any sort of norm
freedom is not a simple homework assignment
it is an awareness of harmony of disharmony of imperfect people

freedom is awaiting
take her

dates
memories
control slamming the doors
a regular show
the ones who fail to remember relive it anew

freedom is not a cuckoo’s egg misanthropically cast away
freedom is not mutual fondling of idiotic heads
freedom is not a register of station walkers
it is an awareness of harmony of disharmony of imperfect people

freedom is a woman
take her

A song, translated from Serbian into English by Marija Stojanović.

Go back to: Dramaturgical Materials of “The Dragonslayers”

 

Published on 23 November 2015