Translation of the song lyrics Živeti slobodno - Đorđe Balašević

Živeti slobodno (original)

Davno ti je vrag
Zaseo na prag, zemljo Srbijo
Niko živ se ne seća tolikih nesreća
Za jednog vezira
Oko tebe komšije
Podižu bedeme jeda i prezira
E, tog još nije bilo
Ludama je milo, a ostale je stid
Crne hronike i harmonike
Sitan rock & roll
Bajke da na kraju ponajbolji ostaju
Više ne prolaze
S' tamne strane globusa
Bolje se vidi, da Najbolji odlaze
Pločnici Toronta, oči boje fronta
Lozinka svih nas
Na šta se priča svodi?
Parole o slobodi
Šetači-preletaèi?
Slaba potpora
Nije to glava-pismo, ili jesmo ili nismo?
Ovo srce bubnja večni tam-tam otpora:
Živeti slobodno
Svetom se oriti
Okićen perom sokola
Za urok protiv okova
Živeti slobodno
Pesmom pokoriti
Tvoj steg na svakom gradu je
Gde ti se neko raduje
Probati jug ko zrno grožđa
Sa dlana bogorodice
Liznuti so sa onog gvožđa
Za koje vezu brodice
Slušati vetre kako gude
U bele stepske jasene
Zajtiti vode koje bude
Gene u tebi spasene
Al' čim se pomene
Fantom promene, sevnu šlemovi
Žali bože matore, oni se zatvore
Čim gazde podviknu
Upiru se deca
Da rođene očeve od laži odviknu
Šta na kraju bidne?
Putnici za Sidnej, 'ajmo, izlaz taj i taj…
Dokle, bre, da nas voza
Zli čarobnjak iz Oza?
Dokle taj glupi džoker
«Ćuti, dobro je»!
'Ma nije!'
I čitav plen da skupe
Pa ne mogu da vas kupe
Da vam mladost kao sitan kusur odbroje
Svako je jutro novo ušće
Poteci kao rečica
Neka se trnje plete gušće
Nebo je tvoja prečica
I zdrobi lažne dijamante
Ko ljusku šupljeg orha
Nek bulevari sveta pamte
Muziku tvojih koraka

(translation)

You've been the devil for a long time
Settled on the threshold, the land of Serbia
No one alive remembers so many accidents
For one vizier
Neighbors around you
They raise the walls of food and contempt
Well, that hasn't happened yet
Crazy people are happy, and others are ashamed
Black chronicles and accordions
Small rock & roll
Fairy tales that in the end the best remain
They don't pass anymore
On the dark side of the globe
It is better to see that the Best are leaving
Toronto sidewalks, front-colored eyes
The password of all of us
What does the story come down to?
Slogans of freedom
Walkers?
Poor support
Isn’t that a head-letter, either we are or we’re not?
This heart drums eternal tam-tam resistance:
Live freely
The world is roaring
Decorated with falcon feathers
For a spell against shackles
Live freely
Conquer with a song
Your discipline is in every city
Where someone is happy for you
Try the south like a grape
From the palm of the Virgin
Lick with that iron
To which boat connection
Listen to the winds howling
In the white steppe ash
Protect the water that will be
Genes saved in you
But as soon as it is mentioned
Phantom changes, helmets on
Sorry old man, they shut up
As soon as the bosses shouted
Children resist
To wean born fathers from lies
What will happen in the end?
Travelers to Sydney, come on, exit this and that…
As long as he drives us
The evil wizard of Oz?
As long as that stupid joker
"Shut up, it's good!"
'It's not!'
And read the spoils to gather
Well, they can't buy you
To count your youth as a small change
There is a new estuary every morning
It flows like a river
Let the thorns weave thicker
The sky is your shortcut
And crush fake diamonds
Like the shell of a hollow orch
Let the boulevards of the world remember
The music of your footsteps