Translation of the song lyrics Dok gori nebo nad Novim Sadom - Đorđe Balašević

Dok gori nebo nad Novim Sadom (original)

Da se ne lažemo, nije to bio neki most
Od onih podignutih da bi se u njih gledalo
Ne… Pre je bio od onih podignutih da bi se sa njih gledalo
I pod njima prvi put poljubilo
Ali… Ponekad ga je Ona
Prelazila svojim uobraženim kadetskim korakom
A mesečina se kao deverika lovila u mrežu njene kose
Po tome ću ga, eto, pamtiti
Rat je kao pijan svat prošao poljem… Šenlučio celu noć
Kaleći bes na ranom žitu i tek niklom bostanu
Zašto?
Ne pitaj se, jer, tako je bolje i Bog je pristao na to
Ratovi prolaze, a ljudi, eto, ipak ostanu
Za zlo sam teški laik, no, to je stara priča
Znaš već: Bila jednom dva brata i to
Kad sklopim taj mozaik, ostane mi kamičak
I to smo izgleda mi?
Ma, hitni papuče u vis
Žalosna Panonska Vilo
Za tvoje dugme sedefno
Ja noćas kraljevstvo dajem
I lupni daire o bok
Ramena pospi aprilom
Pa ponizi ovaj mrak
Tim svojim lucidnim sjajem
Zaigraj, bosa i prkosna
Dok iznad Novog Sada
Đavo pali svoja kandila
Žad na reci tamni
Čim se sumrak zgusne
Dunav je pred zoru prek
Plaše te aveti što maglom brode teškim skelama?
Ne, strah nije pravi ruž za tvoje usne
Reši ga se ga jednom zauvek
I veruj zvezdi koja zraku tvog života prelama
Nije to prva neman što preti dahom vatre… Ne
Ali ljubav je vitez
Arhanđel s' mačem, spreman da i tu alu satre
Da… I samo čeka tvoj znak

(translation)

Let's face it, it wasn't a bridge
From those raised to be looked at
No… He used to be one of those raised to be seen
And under them he kissed for the first time
But… Sometimes She is
She crossed with her conceited cadet stride
And the moon was hunting like a bream in the net of her hair
That's how I'll remember him
The war passed like a drunken bridegroom through the field… Shenluchio all night
Tempering rage on the early wheat and the newly sprouted watermelon
Why?
Don't ask yourself, because it's better that way and God agreed to it
Wars pass, and people stay
I’m a tough layman for evil, but that’s an old story
You already know: Once upon a time there were two brothers and that
When I put together that mosaic, I'm left with a pebble
And that seems to be us?
Ma, emergency slippers in the air
Sad Pannonian Fairy
For your pearl button
I'm giving the kingdom tonight
I lupni daire o bok
Shoulders fall asleep in April
So humiliate this darkness
Tim with his lucid glow
Play, barefoot and defiant
While above Novi Sad
The devil lights his lamp
Jade on the river dark
As soon as dusk thickens
The Danube is before dawn across
Are you scared of ghosts that carry heavy scaffolding in the fog?
No, fear is not the right lipstick for your lips
Get rid of him once and for all
And believe the stars that break the ray of your life
This is not the first monster that threatens to breathe fire… No.
But love is a knight
Archangel with a sword, ready to crush that alu
Yes… And just waiting for your sign