| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And oh, how I long to worship you again, |
| Cand incepe furtuna | When the tempest rises, thundering overhead, |
| Ca nu mi-e totuna | For it is not the same, this hollow ache within, |
| Tu nu mai esti in decor | Now you are absent from the stage where life once led, |
| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And oh, how I long to worship you again— |
| M-ai lasat cu minciuna | You left me, shrouded in the gauze of falsehood, |
| Pentru totdeauna | Eternity now yawns between us, |
| Ai plecat ti-a fost usor | You slipped away—so easily, as wind through wood. |
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| Iar casuta noastra e din nou a mea | And now our little house reverts to me alone, |
| Am un sentiment foarte ciudat prin ea | Its air haunted by a queer, estranging sense— |
| Parca-n orice colt ma uit e cineva | It’s as if in every shadowed corner someone waits, |
| Si peste tot parca vad umbra ta | And everywhere, the ghost of your presence is immense. |
| Iar am obiceiuri, nu le pot schimba | Old habits claim me—I am powerless to shed them, |
| Gandu-mi e la tine, il voi inneca | My thoughts, like castaways, drown themselves in you, |
| In paharul asta mi-au ramas toti asii | In this glass, the last of my aces linger— |
| Decand se pare ca tu vrei doar sa fii sola | Since it seems you wish only to dwell in solitude anew. |
| Si tot la tine duce busola | Yet still the compass needle veers to where you are, |
| Nici macar nu mai stiu cat e ora | Even time has slipped from my uncertain grasp; |
| Mi-as dori macar s-aud un OLA (OLA) | I’d give all, if just to hear an OLA—one echo from afar. |
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| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And oh, how I long to worship you again, |
| Cand incepe furtuna | When the tempest rises, thundering overhead, |
| Ca nu mi-e totuna | For it is not the same, this hollow ache within, |
| Tu nu mai esti in decor | Now you are absent from the stage where life once led, |
| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And oh, how I long to worship you again— |
| M-ai lasat cu minciuna | You left me, shrouded in the gauze of falsehood, |
| Pentru totdeauna | Eternity now yawns between us, |
| Ai plecat ti-a fost usor | You slipped away—so easily, as wind through wood. |
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| Arde arde arde cand pui paie pe foc | It blazes, blazes, blazes—when you heap straw upon the fire, |
| Grade grade grade dar n-am cum sa te scot | Heat upon heat upon heat—yet I cannot drive you out, |
| Din minte nu pot, nici macar c-un potop | From mind you cannot be exiled, not by storm nor flood entire, |
| Sa te sting, sa te storc si sa te bag la loc | To quench you, to wring you out, to restore my soul’s drought. |
| Fara tine nu sunt eu | Without you, my being is a shadow’s shell, |
| Fara tine nu-s acasa chiar daca-s acol' mereu | Without you, home is exile, though I haunt its rooms as well, |
| Unde tin ca la muzeu, Mona Lisa gen trofeu | Where I guard a relic, as in some museum’s tomb, |
| O poza-n care fericiti eram doar tu si eu | A portrait where happiness was only me and you. |
| Dar tu vrei sa fii sola | But you, you choose solitude’s silent embrace, |
| Si tot la tine duce busola | Yet the compass ever swings to your secret place, |
| Nici macar nu mai stiu cat e ora | Even time has slipped from my uncertain grasp; |
| Mi-as dori macar s-aud un OLA (OLA) | I’d give all, if just to hear an OLA—one echo from afar. |
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| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And oh, how I long to worship you again, |
| Cand incepe furtuna | When the tempest rises, thundering overhead, |
| Ca nu mi-e totuna | For it is not the same, this hollow ache within, |
| Tu nu mai esti in decor | Now you are absent from the stage where life once led, |
| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And oh, how I long to worship you again— |
| M-ai lasat cu minciuna | You left me, shrouded in the gauze of falsehood, |
| Pentru totdeauna | Eternity now yawns between us, |
| Ai plecat ti-a fost usor | You slipped away—so easily, as wind through wood. |