Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj

Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (November 24, 1833 - June 3, 1904) is one of the most well known Serb poets.

Zmaj ("Dragon") was born in Novi Sad. He finished elementary school in Novi Sad, secondary school in Bratislava after that he studied in Budapest, Praha and Vienna. In 1870 he came back to Novi Sad to work as a doctor because his wife and children were got sick of tuberculosis and later died.

He was writing in all genres of poetry: from love and lyric, over patriotic and political to youth's and educational. But he is most well known for his children's poetry. His nursery rhymes have entered national consciousness and people sing them to their children even without knowing who wrote them.

Some songs

Tell me, tell

 

Tell me, tell,
How should I call you;
Tell me, which
Name I should give you, -
Will I my "pride"
Or my "strength" veneer,
Or will I "treasure"
Or "my little deer",
Will I "soul",
or "my dear" -
Tell me, which
name I should give you!
Each of these is a sweet
And beautiful name
with which a Serb
His gold will nickname;
But I would spend
One whole life
Searching for beautier,
Prouder and sweeter,
Dearer name,
yet unheard by world
to call with it
my flower yet furled.
Roses VII

 

Moonlight, - but without the moon;
My sweet dear dreamt a green wreath here,
And in sleep she laughed a little bit, -
That's what made the midnight lit.
How nice is...

 

How nice is
this world around,
here's a meadow,
flowers abound;
there's a field,
and here a glade,
there is sun,
and here a shade!
There is Danube,
with gold laden,
Here is grass,
and here a garden,
A nightingale
sings its lolliby.
We listen it,
my friend and I.
Plant a tree

 

Where you find a nice place,
there you plant a tree!
For a tree is generous,
and so it will give.

 

It wil give plentyfully
its sweet fruit and shade,
it will give either to you
or to your brother.

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