Translation of the song lyrics Já (Sobectví) - Olympic, Zdenek Rytír, Petr Janda

Já (Sobectví) (original)

Ve všem chtěl mít větší podíl
Pro jiné se nenarodil
Sám neuměl ničeho se vzdát
Jen ostatní za nos vodil
Myslel na to kkudy chodil
A jen sebe upřímně měl rád
Každou větu začal slůvkem Já
Každou větu končil slůvkem Já
On nevěřiil na chiméry
A ve jménu kariéry
Nosil boty špičkou dozadu
Nikdy nepsal verše ženě
Vždy se tvářil unuděně
Když jsi k němu přišel o radu
Každou větu začal slůvkem Já
Každou větu končil slůvkem Já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já stačím si sám
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já stačím si sám
Já se mám
V očích led a vlhké dlaně
Usmíval se polekaně
V obavě, že budeš něco chtít
Velmi dbal na osobitost
Povýšil svou sebelítost
Na ten nejušlechtilejší cit
Každou větu začal slůvkem Já
Každou větu končil slůvkem Já
Vidíš ho, jak podle zvyku
Důstojně jde po chodníku
A nic kolem sebe nevnímá
Do stop padá sůl a písek
Jednoho dne nevrátí se
Nikdo si té ztráty nevšímá
Komu chybí jeho věčné Já
Jen ozvěna domů vzpomíná
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já stačím si sám
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já, já, já, jenom já
Já stačím si sám
Já se mám

(translation)

He wanted to have a bigger share in everything
He was not born to others
He could not give up on his own
Only the others led by the nose
He thought about where he was going
And he only sincerely liked himself
He started each sentence with the word I
He ended each sentence with the word I
He did not believe in chimeras
And in the name of a career
He wore his toe back
He never wrote verses to a woman
He always looked bored
When you missed his advice
He started each sentence with the word I
He ended each sentence with the word I
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
I can do it myself
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
I can do it myself
I have
Ice in the eyes and wet palms
He smiled, startled
Fearing you'll want something
He paid special attention to individuality
He increased his self-pity
For the noblest feeling
He started each sentence with the word I
He ended each sentence with the word I
You see him as usual
He walks well on the sidewalk
And he doesn't perceive anything around him
Salt and sand fall into the tracks
He will not return one day
Nobody notices the loss
Who lacks his eternal self
Only the echo of the house remembers
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
I can do it myself
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
Me, me, me, just me
I can do it myself
I have