Pak će biti konac / Then There Will Be the End (Josef Regen)

"No tako čas ur je kraj. Ur sme si zvikli ovdien. Mi stari furt spominame. Zato hodim jednuč za misec bar va ti Frielištof, da si s njimi popovídám. A da vidim ta Frielištof. Ja rad tamo hodim po Frielištofi a kukam. Spominam na stare čase. Ja sam takov měkkosrdcatý a kad dojdem na ti kiritof, tako si i poplačem nigda. Kad se sejdeme ti Hrvati si. Sa ur čiekame nek na tu smrt. Oš se tješim, da ću se pojti pokuknut va ta Frielištof, a pak će biti konac."

"It’s gone. We have become used to this place. But we old people still think back. That’s why I go to Frélichov to visit about once a month. To see the village. I like to walk and look. I reminisce about the old times. I’m quite emotional and when I come for the kiritof (feast), I even cry a bit. We Croats do cry when all of us gather together. Now we are only awaiting death. I am looking forward to going to see Frélichov one more time, and then there will be the end."

Josef Regen rođen je 1929. u Frielištofu. Tijekom rata učio je urarski zanat u Mikulovu, i njime se bavio do kraja života. 1949. godine njegova je obitelj preseljena iz Frielištofa. Regen se nakon 1989. aktivno uključio u život hrvatske zajednice u sklopu Udruge građana hrvatske narodnosti u Češkoj Republici. Trenutno živi u Brnu.

Josef Regen was born in 1929 in Frélichov. During the war he learnt the watchmaker's trade in Mikulov, and this trade became his lifelong occupation. In 1949 his family was moved out of Frélichov. After 1989 Josef Regen became actively involved in the life of the Croatian community through the Association of Croats in the Czech Republic. At present he lives in Brno.