| Ja kisha dhon unë asaj zemrën n’dorë | I would have pressed my living heart into her waiting palm, |
| S’e di ajo | She never guessed. |
| Ja kisha dhon unë edhe shpirtin n’dorë | I would have surrendered, too, my soul—an ember warm— |
| S’e di ajo | She never guessed. |
| Ajo më futi në botën e saj | She drew me down into her own invented sphere, |
| Jo në t’vërtetën | Not into truth’s embrace. |
| Se e kom dasht dhe prandaj unë kom faj | For I loved her deeply—thus, my guilt is clear: |
| Ishte gënjeshtare | A siren skilled in lace. |
| Se ajo mi mori të gjitha mu | She stripped from me what shadows cling to flesh and bone, |
| Bam bidi bam bidi bu | Bam bidi bam bidi bu—echoed in the hollow dome. |
| Se ajo ma mori gjithcka du | Yes, she robbed me of each longing, each desire I have known, |
| Bam bidi bam bidi bu | Bam bidi bam bidi bu—drumbeat of a heart turned to stone. |
| Mi mori (oh), mi mori (oh), të gjitha mu (rrata, oh) | She plundered me (oh), she plundered me (oh), every fiber, every hue (circling through, oh), |
| Ma mori (oh), ma mori (oh), gjithcka du | She stole from me (oh), she stole from me (oh), all I ever pursued. |
| Ty t’gënjejnë, mu po m’rrejn | You are deceived, and I—I am deceived anew, |
| Po nina padrejt Geti, po nina i shenjtë | I taste injustice, Geti, I taste a sanctified rue. |
| Mos e keq, mos u bon e njejt' | Do not become cruel, do not wear the same disguise, |
| Mos u bon si tjerat që, që vec gënjejnë | Do not be as the others—whose lips are honeyed lies. |
| Hajde, hajde se s’ka problem fare | Come, come—there is nothing to fear in crossing this line, |
| Hajde, hajde, hajde mos t’vje marre | Come, come—let shame not trouble your design. |
| Kërko falje se s’ki qare. mi more krejt ca du | Ask forgiveness, for you cannot flee—what you seized was all I craved in vain; |
| Mos u mat me mu se kërcet bam bidi bam bidi bu | Do not measure yourself against me, for thunder cracks bam bidi bam bidi bu again. |
| Se ajo mi mori të gjitha mu | She stripped from me what shadows cling to flesh and bone, |
| Bam bidi bam bidi bu | Bam bidi bam bidi bu—echoed in the hollow dome. |
| Se ajo ma mori gjithcka du | Yes, she robbed me of each longing, each desire I have known, |
| Bam bidi bam bidi bu | Bam bidi bam bidi bu—drumbeat of a heart turned to stone. |
| Mi mori (oh), mi mori (oh), të gjitha mu (rrata, oh) | She plundered me (oh), she plundered me (oh), every fiber, every hue (circling through, oh), |
| Ma mori (oh), ma mori (oh), gjithcka du | She stole from me (oh), she stole from me (oh), all I ever pursued. |