Translation of the song lyrics Halima - Dino Merlin, Lotfi Bouchnak

Halima (original)

To je bilo ljeto '99
Još mi je samo mama govorila šuti dijete
A ja sam imao već tada svega dovoljno
Da u tvojoj školi prođem dovoljno
Ček'o sam da tama prekrije grad
Da lijepa i sama prošetaš
Sve što sam htio tad ja želim i sad
Da u životu mom sve bude po tvom
Rekao sam tiho nemoj da te iznenadi
Protiv naše ljubavi će čaršija da radi
Rekao sam tiho nemoj da te iznenadi
Protiv naše ljubavi će svi
Halima, Halima
Ja ajni, ja ajni *
Halima, halima
Gdje su oni dani
Halima, Halima
Kad trebalo je reći ostani
Kad sam ti prišao, sve se stišalo
Samo je u mojoj glavi pištalo
Ptice, cvijeće, park i drveće
I ta opasna mašina što globus okreće
Zamuc’o sam fraze nedorečene
I gledao u usne napućene
A ni ti nisi imala bolju viziju
U mene si gledala k’o u televiziju
Rekao sam tiho nemoj da te iznenadi
Protiv naše ljubavi će čaršija da radi
Rekao sam tiho nemoj da te iznenadi
Protiv naše ljubavi će svi
Halima, Halima
Ja ajni, ja ajni *
Halima, halima
Gdje su oni dani
Halima, Halima
Kad trebalo je reći ostani

Halima (translation)

It was the summer of '99
All my mother told me was to keep quiet
And I already had enough of everything then
To get through enough at your school
I waited for darkness to cover the city
To take a beautiful walk alone
Everything I wanted then I want now
May everything be according to you in my life
I said quietly don't be surprised
The bazaar will work against our love
I said quietly don't be surprised
Everyone will oppose our love
Halima, Halima
Ja ajni, ja ajni *
Halima, halima
Where are those days
Halima, Halima
When it came to saying stay
When I approached you, everything was quiet
It just whistled in my head
Birds, flowers, park and trees
And that dangerous machine that turns the globe
I stammered phrases incompletely
And he looked at his pursed lips
And you didn't have a better vision either
You looked at me like on television
I said quietly don't be surprised
The bazaar will work against our love
I said quietly don't be surprised
Everyone will oppose our love
Halima, Halima
Ja ajni, ja ajni *
Halima, halima
Where are those days
Halima, Halima
When it came to saying stay