Lyrics of Namesto Koga Roža Cveti - Barcelona Gipsy Klezmer Orchestra, King Ferus Mustafov, Vlado Kreslin

Namesto Koga Roža Cveti (original)

Kakšno noč, ko pri štorkljah prespim
Pod visečo meglo
Tiho, sam, med njimi stojim
Le noge nad vodo
Ko pa žarek pregrize temo
Prebudimo se iz sanj
Močvirje novih želja
Bo odletelo v nebo
Namesto koga roža cveti
Namesto koga sem jaz
Katera koža najbolj diši
Čigava pesem rabi moj glas?
Če pa trava nad mojo zemljo
Bo pognala kak cvet
Enim tiho kapljo v oko
Drugim dal bo med
Namesto koga roža cveti
Namesto koga sem jaz
Katera koža najbolj diši
Čigava pesem rabi moj glas?

(translation)

What a night when I sleep with storks
Under the hanging fog
Quietly, alone, I stand among them
Just feet above the water
But when the beam bites the darkness
Let's wake up from a dream
Swamps of new desires
It will fly into the sky
Instead of whom the flower blooms
Instead of who I am
Which skin smells best
Whose song needs my voice?
But if the grass above my land
It will grow like a flower
One silent drop in the eye
He will give honey to others
Instead of whom the flower blooms
Instead of who I am
Which skin smells best
Whose song needs my voice?