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 Hello! In this post, we'll mix Croatian poetry with travelling. Isn't poetry a way of travelling into our soul anyway? So, we might as well do some soul travel with real one? Today I will not only review one of Vesna Parun's poems, I will also translate it to English, so that you all can enjoy it. I've translated Vesna Parun's poetry on my blog before and I will do it again in the future. Not that Vesna's poems haven't been translated in English. There is at least one edition that I know of containing her selected poems. However, since I've actually studied translation and literature, why not give it a go myself?  Zdravo! U ovom postu pomiješat ćemo hrvatsku poeziju s putovanjima. Nije li poezija zapravo način putovanja u našu dušu? Dakle, mogli bismo putovanje duše uskladiti s pravim putovanjem? Danas neću samo napisati ogled pjesme Vesne Parun, već ću je prevesti i na engleski, tako da mnogi mogu uživati u njoj. Poeziju Vesne Parun već sam prevodila ...

 Happy 2024! I was thinking about New Year wishes for the last few days. I must admit that this year I didn't felt that sense of freshness followed by a surge of optimism that I usually feel on the first day of the New Year. However, I still enjoyed sending the New Year greetings and just the general spirit of the holiday. It's always nice to feel that holiday spirit in the air. Everyone wishing good things upon others. Some say it's not that deep, that it is something people do automatically, but I say that it can't really hurt. I mean, it's entirely up to you what you choose to do this time of year and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Celebrate the way you want to, or don't celebrate at all. So, let me wish you (one again) all the best! To quote the legendary Dolly Parton (and let's not forget Whitney's interpretation) I wish you joy and happiness! But above I wish you love! Love is that hard to define thing that really makes a difference in ou...