Translation of the song lyrics Na dvoře divadla - Jaromír Nohavica

Na dvoře divadla (original)

Na dvoře divadla
čteme Shakespeara
na dvoře divadla
Hamlet umírá
Slunce je kulisák
staví nám kulisy
z okna nám nadává
herec jakýsi
Herec který má
pět let do penze
a Shakespeare dostává
nové dimenze
není tu opony
a ani publika
tady se nekřičí
a ani nevzlyká
tady je nožem nůž
a krev je krvavá
tady se miluje
tady se nadává
Já sedím na klandru
a ty zas na sudu
a každý hercem je svýho osudu
nechceme angažmá
čtvrtletní prémie
křísíme Hamleta
který nás přežije
Na dvoře divadla
hrajeme divadlo
na dvoře divadla
hrajeme divadlo

Na dvoře divadla (translation)

In the courtyard of the theater
we read Shakespeare
in the courtyard of the theater
Hamlet is dying
The sun is a backdrop
sets the scenery for us
he swears at us from the window
an actor
An actor who has
five years in retirement
and Shakespeare gets
new dimensions
there is no curtain
and no audience
they don't scream here
and does not even sob
here is a knife knife
and the blood is bloody
he loves here
he swears here
I'm sitting on a klander
and you in the barrel again
and each actor is his own destiny
we don't want an engagement
quarterly premium
we raise Hamlet
who will survive us
In the courtyard of the theater
we play theater
in the courtyard of the theater
we play theater