Translation of the song lyrics Starim - Đorđe Balašević

Starim (original)

Jutro me zatiče samog, ko školjku u pesku…
Svu noć su senke na zidu skicirale fresku…
Tražio sam jedan stih, skoro da ga osetih
Al' mi je iz ruku nestao…
Protura se novi dan
Al taj trik je providan
Samo da bi prošli prestao
Jutro me zatiče u pravom haosu tema…
U mojim strofama lagani raspad sistema…
Al' u tajnim vezama, sa nekim davnim zvezdama
Ponovo se pesma primiče…
Zasad nema imena
Samo bluza svilena
Kako mi iz ruku, izmiče
Zaboravljam imena, samo lica ostaju
U prolazu, ljude otkrivam kroz šifre…
Dovraga, sve mi to govori da starim
Zaboravljam, dosadne cifre
Zaboravljam, imena malih bircuza uz put
I curice, što su uvek dobre bile
Neke bistrine se nepovratno mute
Ali nikada, dodir svile…
Jutro me zatiče opet u smišljanju bekstva…
Čim malo usporim, stignu me davna prokletstva…
To su samo momenti, lošim vetrom doneti
To su samo male večnosti…
To su samo godine
Kad se čovek otkine
Ko od one gorke tečnosti…

Starim (translation)

The morning catches me alone, like a shell in the sand…
All night the shadows on the wall sketched a fresco…
I was looking for a verse, I almost felt it
But it disappeared from my hands…
A new day is coming
But that trick is transparent
Just to pass stopped
The morning finds me in a real chaos of topics…
In my stanzas a slight disintegration of the system…
But in secret relationships, with some ancient stars
The song is approaching again…
No names yet
Just a silk blouse
As it gets out of my hands, it slips away
I forget the names, only the faces remain
In passing, I discover people through codes…
Hell, it all tells me I'm getting old
I forget, boring numbers
I forget the names of the little taverns along the way
And girls, which have always been good
Some clarities are irreversibly blurred
But never, a touch of silk…
The morning catches me thinking of escaping again…
As soon as I slow down a little, the ancient curses reach me…
These are just moments, brought by a bad wind
These are just small eternities…
It's just years
When a man breaks away
Which of those bitter liquids…