| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And longing aches within—I yearn to worship you, |
| Cand incepe furtuna | When the tempest, like a curtain, draws its shadow near, |
| Ca nu mi-e totuna | For nothing lies indifferent in this hollow, |
| Tu nu mai esti in decor | You have vanished from the stage of what I knew. |
| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And longing aches within—I yearn to worship you, |
| M-ai lasat cu minciuna | You left me wreathed in all your woven lies, |
| Pentru totdeauna | For all eternity, |
| Ai plecat ti-a fost usor | You turned and drifted off—as if the flight were light. |
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| Iar casuta noastra e din nou a mea | And now our little house is mine again— |
| Am un sentiment foarte ciudat prin ea | A strange and spectral feeling stirs its air, |
| Parca-n orice colt ma uit e cineva | As though in every corner, someone's hidden— |
| Si peste tot parca vad umbra ta | And everywhere your shadow seems to flare. |
| Iar am obiceiuri, nu le pot schimba | My rituals return—I cannot change their binding, |
| Gandu-mi e la tine, il voi inneca | My mind circles you, circles—I'll drown it yet, |
| In paharul asta mi-au ramas toti asii | All my aces, these last hopes, left behind in the goblet's gloom, |
| Decand se pare ca tu vrei doar sa fii sola | Since it seems your one desire is to dwell alone, |
| Si tot la tine duce busola | Yet the needle’s trembling always points to you, |
| Nici macar nu mai stiu cat e ora | Not even the hour will reveal itself to me, |
| Mi-as dori macar s-aud un OLA (OLA) | If only I could hear a single OLA (OLA) |
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| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And longing aches within—I yearn to worship you, |
| Cand incepe furtuna | When the tempest, like a curtain, draws its shadow near, |
| Ca nu mi-e totuna | For nothing lies indifferent in this hollow, |
| Tu nu mai esti in decor | You have vanished from the stage of what I knew. |
| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And longing aches within—I yearn to worship you, |
| M-ai lasat cu minciuna | You left me wreathed in all your woven lies, |
| Pentru totdeauna | For all eternity, |
| Ai plecat ti-a fost usor | You turned and drifted off—as if the flight were light. |
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| Arde arde arde cand pui paie pe foc | It burns, it burns, it blazes—when you heap straw on flame, |
| Grade grade grade dar n-am cum sa te scot | Degrees upon degrees—but I cannot cast you out, |
| Din minte nu pot, nici macar c-un potop | My mind, a fortress—floods themselves cannot erase you, |
| Sa te sting, sa te storc si sa te bag la loc | To quench your fire, to wring you dry, to return you to your vault—impossible, |
| Fara tine nu sunt eu | Without you, I am exiled from myself, |
| Fara tine nu-s acasa chiar daca-s acol' mereu | Without you, I am never home, no matter how I linger there, |
| Unde tin ca la muzeu, Mona Lisa gen trofeu | Where I preserve us as in a museum glass, a Mona Lisa trophy, |
| O poza-n care fericiti eram doar tu si eu | A photograph—just you and I, radiant and alone in joy. |
| Dar tu vrei sa fii sola | But you desire solitude, |
| Si tot la tine duce busola | Yet the needle’s trembling always points to you, |
| Nici macar nu mai stiu cat e ora | Not even the hour will reveal itself to me, |
| Mi-as dori macar s-aud un OLA (OLA) | If only I could hear a single OLA (OLA) |
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| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And longing aches within—I yearn to worship you, |
| Cand incepe furtuna | When the tempest, like a curtain, draws its shadow near, |
| Ca nu mi-e totuna | For nothing lies indifferent in this hollow, |
| Tu nu mai esti in decor | You have vanished from the stage of what I knew. |
| Si mi-e dor sa te ador | And longing aches within—I yearn to worship you, |
| M-ai lasat cu minciuna | You left me wreathed in all your woven lies, |
| Pentru totdeauna | For all eternity, |
| Ai plecat ti-a fost usor | You turned and drifted off—as if the flight were light. |