If You Knew/Kada Bi Znao Poem by Miroslava Odalovic

if you knew how much I want you
you'd be scared
you'd be absolutely terrified
you'd learn a tigress paw is a safer handshake
you'd learn a snake's tongue is has a softer touch
you'd find a cave a lighter place to be
you'd not be able to bear it
you'd die

but if you knew how much I love you
you'd find a way to my home
and I'd be cured

kada bi znao

kada bi znao koliko te volim
uplašio bi se
bio bi otkinut od straha
shvatio bi da je šapa tigrice bezbjednija za rukovanje
shvatio bi da jezik zmije ima blaži dodir
našao da je pecina svjetlije mjesto za stanovanje
ne bi izdržao
umro bi

ali kada bi znao koliko te volim
našao bi put do mog doma
i ja bih bila izlijecena