Translation of the song lyrics Sevdalinka - Đorđe Balašević

Sevdalinka (original)

Štagod noćas da zapevam
Vući će na sevdalinku
Usnuo sam čobanicu
Uplakanu u šljiviku
Grom udari, planu seno
Rasturi se stado njeno
Zaplete se dim na uvojku
Reče da se zove Bosna
Čudno ime za devojku?
Nekom Drina teče desno
Nekom Drina lijevo teče
Sve da teče u dubinu
Na dve pole svet da seče
Znam tajni gaz, moje lane
Most se pruži gde ja stanem
Sve da vuku me konji vrani
Nema meni jedne strane, dok si ti na drugoj strani
Osta ovaj stari kompas u grudima
A po polju nikli zabrani
Crne senke što se gnezde
U ljudima nadleću me kao gavrani
Nekada sam putovao po mjesecu
Kroz vilajet pun hajdučije
A sada me oči ljudske
Plaše više nego vučije
Stoputa su prijatelji
U molitvi pomenuti
Dal' će mi se radovati?
Ili glavu okrenuti?
Šta slagati?
Šta im kasti?
Svet ne možeš pesmom spasti
Njine brige me i noćas brinu
Dok se spremam na put kući, u tuđinu…
Svetom smo se rasipali ko đerdani
Nosili nas nebom ćilimi
Da li su to stvarno bili bolji dani
Ili smo to bolji bili mi?
Nekad smo se bratimili po pogledu
Sluteći da isto sanjamo
I Bogu je prosto bilo
Krstimo l' se ili klanjamo

(translation)

Whatever I sing tonight
He will pull on the sevdalinka
I fell asleep to the shepherdess
Crying in the plum tree
Thunder strikes, haymaking
Her flock was scattered
Smoke entangled in the curl
He said his name was Bosnia
Strange name for a girl?
For some, the Drina flows to the right
For some, the Drina flows to the left
Everything to flow in depth
To cut the world in two fields
I know the secret draft, my lane
The bridge stretches where I stop
Everything to be pulled by horses and crows
There is no one side to me while you are on the other side
This old compass remains in his chest
And a ban grew in the field
Nesting black shadows
In humans, they overwhelm me like ravens
I used to travel by the moon
Through a vilayet full of bandits
And now my eyes are human
They scare more than wolves
They are friends a hundred times
Mentioned in prayer
Will I be happy?
Or turn your head?
What to lie about?
What castes them?
You can't save the world with a song
Her worries worry me tonight
As I prepare to travel home, to a foreign land…
We were scattered around the world like necklaces
They carried us across the sky carpets
Were those really better days
Or were we better?
We used to be brothers in looks
Guessing we're dreaming the same thing
And it was easy for God
Whether we are baptized or worshiped