Черно-рыжее небо затаило дыхание,
В то время, как солнце бежит за горизонт,
Наши сердца дрожат от волнения: скоро мы уляжемся
И будем ждать, пока нас не захватит сон
В непонятных просторах нашей черноты,
Бессознательные мысли, пока мы спим,
Становятся навязчивым шумом голосов,
Перекликаясь, они кричат о забытых жертвах и плаче невиновных
О безысходных мольбах о признании и возмездии
Крошечные голоса, эхо наших предков,
Мы отворачиваем мрачные и пожелтевшие лица,
Крошечные голоса, затаившиеся глубоко внутри,
Мы не считаем, что им есть что сказать,
И пока мы не прислушаемся к ним, они не оставят нас.
Миллиарды крошечных огоньков гаснут в утреннем небе,
Залитом горьким мрачным чудом,
Сокрытая боль и притворный мир усиливают неразбериху,
Которую мы прячем глубоко внутри.
Оригинал:
The brown and orange sky holds it's breath
As the sun retreats to the distant horizon,
And our hearts palpitate anxiously as we soon will lay supine,
And wait for sleep to overcome us
And from somewhere in our black,
Subconscious minds when we're asleep,
Comes a haunting swelling mass of voices,
Resonating, it's screams of forgotten victims and the cries of innocence,
And the desperate plea for recognition and recompense
Tiny voices, echoes of our heritage,
Our long and sallow faces turn the other way,
Tiny voices, harbored deep within
As we outwardly deny that they have something to say,
And if we don't confront them they will never go away
The billions of tiny pinhole embers fade into a morning sky
Filled with poignant morose wonder,
Waking we a bear a cosmetic peace that verifies the turmoil
Which we carry deep inside
It was inspired by the war in Bosnia.
The Bosnian War, was an armed conflict that took place between March 1992 and November 1995 in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The war was primarily fought between the Bosnian Muslim-majority Bosnian government based in Sarajevo and the Bosnian Serbs. Bosnian Croats also fought in the war against the Serbs, both with and against the Bosnianks. The Bosnian Serbs were backed by Yugoslavia while the Bosnian Croats were backed by Croatia. However, also the UN, NATO, and Iran participated in the conflict to a greater or lesser extent. These factions changed objectives and allegiances several times at various stages of the war (see Parties Involved).
Because the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina was a consequence of instability in the wider region of the former Yugoslavia, and due to the involvement of neighboring countries Croatia and Yugoslavia, there was long-standing debate as to whether the conflict was a civil war or a war of aggression. Most Bosniaks claim that it was a war of Serbian and Croatian aggression, while Bosnian Serbs often consider it a civil war. The involvement of NATO, during the 1995 Operation Deliberate Force against the positions of the Army of Republika Srpska internationalized the conflict, but only in its final stages.
The war was brought to an end after the signing of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina in Paris on 14 December 1995. Peace negotiations were held in Dayton, Ohio, and were finalized on 21 December 1995. The accords are known as the Dayton Agreement.
Most recent research places the total number of victims of the conflict at around 100,000--110,000 killed (civilians and military), and 1.8 million displaced (see Casualties). Of those killed (soldiers and civilians), 65% were Bosniaks, 25% Bosnian Serbs and 8% Croats. However, 83% of civilian victims were Bosniaks