| Gdje sam rodjen tu je sve sirotinja
| Where I was born there is all the poor
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| vuk je u nas domaca zivotinja
| the wolf is a domestic animal in our country
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| skrta zemlja nikoga ne hrani
| a stingy country never feeds
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| da prezivis moras radit' vani
| to survive you have to work outside
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| Sljakao sam ja u tudjoj zemlji
| I skied in a foreign country
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| sanjao sam o voljenoj zeni
| I dreamed of a beloved woman
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| sa arbajta kad bi dos’o doma
| from Arbait when he got home
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| gledao sam kako raste ona
| I watched her grow
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| Mislio sam srecu kupit' novcem
| I thought to buy happiness with money
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| sredio sam stvar sa njenim ocem
| I settled the matter with her father
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| prenesoh je preko kucnog praga
| I carried her over the doorstep
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| mislio sam da bice moja draga
| I thought she would be my darling
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| Ref. | Ref. |
| 2x
| 2x
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| Rekla mi je prvo vece
| She told me the first night
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| rekla mi je sve
| she told me everything
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| mozes imat' moje tijelo
| you can have my body
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| ali dusu ne
| but not to the soul
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| Samo tijelo nista mi ne znaci
| The body alone means nothing to me
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| kraj banhofa takve mogu naci
| near the banhof I can find such
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| zelio sam da me stvarno voli
| I wanted him to really love me
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| da joj ljubav nije aerobik
| that her love is not aerobics
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| Kad je sa mnom da ne skriva pogled
| When he is with me he does not hide his gaze
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| da ne gleda uvijek negdje pored
| that he doesn't always look somewhere nearby
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| zagrljeni kada zora svice
| embraced when the dawn of the candle
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| da budemo kao jedno bice
| to be like one being
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| 2x
| 2x
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| Nije mogla dugo da zanese
| She couldn't get carried away for long
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| u nas nije bilo graje djece
| there was no shouting of children in us
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| sporo su nam prolazili dani
| our days passed slowly
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| za veceru kad bi sjeli sami
| for dinner when they would sit alone
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| Razboli se, Bog je mladu uze
| She got sick, God took the bride
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| pamtim vjecno njene zadnje suze
| I remember forever her last tears
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| i saptanje ti si covjek vrijedan
| and whispering you are a man worthy
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| ali zivot, zivot, on je bijedan
| but life, life, he is miserable
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| Ref. | Ref. |
| 2x | 2x |