Danijela Ćuk

 LET PEACE LIVE — EXTINGUISH THE WARS

Let us all stand for peace across the earth,

let every shadow cast by war lose worth,

let every child enjoy a childhood bright,

let every soul both give and feel love's light.

Must darkness triumph through another's spite?

Must goodness fade and yield without a fight?

Do not touch peace, let it forever thrive;

why should the innocent pay so others' hate survives?

No war has ever brought true good to humankind,

not in the past, nor now, nor in the days we'll find;

nor will it bring a better dawn tomorrow's way,

so let us guard the sun that lights each newborn day.

The innocent were never meant to bear the cost,

nor shed blood-stained tears for ambitions dark and lost;

this weary world is thirsty, hungry still for peace,

while people wage their wars and life's brief moments cease.

People, cease creating wars that choke the human soul,

for they can tear down walls of love that once stood whole;

you entered this world with empty hands, unclothed and free,

and empty-handed you shall leave,why sow such misery?

Do not strike against one another,

do not become servants of the dark and suffer;

serve love and peace throughout the earth instead,

and never steal a single child's bright years ahead.

Let peace live on, extinguish every war,

do not hate, do not judge, do not wound anymore;

be truly human,what is power worth in the end?

Without it you arrived, without it you shall transcend.

Danijela Ćuk

Croatia

 Danijela Ćuk 

Hrvatska

NAŠ ŽIVOTNI KUTAK 

Ne mogu ti obećati sva blaga svijeta,

ne mogu ti materijalno ništa dati,

ali mogu ti pružiti ruku svoju,

i osmijeh u trenucima kad tvoj prestane sjati.

Ne mogu riješiti sve tvoje probleme,

niti učiniti čuda da nestanu lako,

ali mogu ih ublažiti prisustvom svojim,

i zagrliti te čvrsto i jako.

Ne želim ti davati lažnu nadu,

da tvoje tegobe sutra će proći,

ali želim da znaš da biti ću tu,

kad zasuze tvoje predivne oči.

Ne želim biti uz tebe samo,

kad sunce na nebu sja,

već i u trenutku kad stigne oluja,

i to ona orkanska.

Kad te iznutra stisne kao da te guši,

ne želim da preda mnom glumiš sreću,

zaplači,i ja ću zaplakati s tobom,

jer prijatelji leđa ne okreću.

Nisam od onih čije usne se otvore,

samo za protok praznih riječi,

radije ću u tišini s tobom,

potražiti kutak koji dušu liječi.

S rukom u ruci,biti ćemo tu jedna za drugu,

smijati se a i zaplakati kad treba,

i kad nam se život nasmiješi,

i kad bol iza ugla negdje vreba.

Danijela Ćuk 

Hrvatska