Gdje sam rođen tu je sve sirotinja
Vuk je u nas domaća životinja
Škrta zemlja nikoga ne hrani
Da preživiš moraš radit vani

Šljakao sam ja u tuđoj zemlji
Sanjao sam o voljenoj ženi
Sa arbajta kad bih doša doma
Gledao sam kako raste ona

Mislio sam sreću kupit novcem
Sredio sam stvar sa njenim ocem
Prenesoh je preko kućnog praga
Mislio sam da biće moja draga

Rekla mi je prvo veče, rekla mi je sve
Možeš imat moje tijelo, ali dušu ne

Samo tijelo ništa mi ne znači
Kraj banhofa takve mogu naći
Želio sam da me stvarno voli
Da joj ljubav nije aerobik

Kad je sa mnom da ne skriva pogled
Da ne gleda uvijek negdje pored
Zagrljeni kada zora sviće
Da budemo kao jedno biće

Rekla mi je prvo veče, rekla mi je sve
Možeš imat moje tijelo, ali dušu ne

Nije mogla dugo da zanese
U nas nije bilo graje djece
Sporo su nam prolazili dani
Za večeru kad bi sjeli sami

Razboli se, Bog je mladu uze
Pamtim vječno njene zadnje suze
I šaptaje :"Ti si čovjek vrijedan,
Ali život, život on je bijedan..."

Rekla mi je prvo veče, rekla mi je sve
Možeš imat moje tijelo, ali dušu ne


Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by MarkoV

Gdje sam rođen tu je sve sirotinja
Where I`m born everything is poor
Vuk je u nas domaća životinja
Where we live the wolf is domestic animal
Škrta zemlja nikoga ne hrani
Cheap soil doesn`t feed anybody
Da preživiš moraš radit vani
You`ll have to work abroad to survive

Šljakao sam ja u tuđoj zemlji
I have walked around in the foreigner countries
Sanjao sam o voljenoj ženi
I have dreamed about beloved woman
Sa arbajta kad bih doša doma
When I came back from work
Gledao sam kako raste ona
I looked how she grows

Mislio sam sreću kupit novcem
I tought I could by happyness with money
Sredio sam stvar sa njenim ocem
I sorted out the thing with her father
Prenesoh je preko kućnog praga
I carried her over the doorstep
Mislio sam da biće moja draga
I tought that she would be my darling


Rekla mi je prvo veče, rekla mi je sve
She told me the first night, she told me everything
Možeš imat moje tijelo, ali dušu ne
You can have my body, but never my soul

Samo tijelo ništa mi ne znači
The body doesn`t mean anything to me
Kraj banhofa takve mogu naći
Near the Banhoff I could find ones like that (Banhof is a place in Amsterdam, Holland = The Red light district is near by, so he means that he could go to the prostitutes for a woman like that)

Želio sam da me stvarno voli
I really wanted her to love me
Da joj ljubav nije aerobik
And that love isn`t aerobic to her

Kad je sa mnom da ne skriva pogled
And when she is with me that she doesn`t hide her look (looking with eyes= to watch)
Da ne gleda uvijek negdje pored
That she doesn`t look somewhere else
Zagrljeni kada zora sviće
Holding around each other when the dawn breakes
Da budemo kao jedno biće
That we would be one


Nije mogla dugo da zanese
For a long time she couldn`t get pregnant
U nas nije bilo graje djece
We didn`t have children
Sporo su nam prolazili dani
Our dayes went slowly
Za večeru kad bi sjeli sami
And for the dinner when we would sit down alone

Razboli se, Bog je mladu uze
She got ill, and the God took the bride
Pamtim vječno njene zadnje suze
Forever I remember her last tears
I šaptaje :"Ti si čovjek vrijedan,
And the whispers: "You are a hard working man,
Ali život, život on je bijedan..."
But the life, the life is poor..."

She told me the first night, she told me everything
Možeš imat moje tijelo, ali dušu ne
You can have my body, but never my soul

Thanks in advance

Enjoy!

Nice translation, but I have one comment :P
Bahnhof is a German word which means Railroad Station, it's not a place in Amsterdam by name.
In Amsterdam we have the Central Station (railroad) and nearby you have the Red light dictrict also called Zeedijk.
But I don't see a link to Amsterdam in the song, so I guess they mean it in general.
There are more places where prostitution happens near a station, right?

thats a beutifull song. just one question... there's a german word there, arbajt (arbeit) is it often used?

No it's not used often, we use 'posao'.
Maybe the song/the storie is situated in Germany....?

Yes...

I agree, when I thought of it, Banhof is a german word. Well, that wass what I though of when I read/heard the song lyrics. But he is refering to prostitutes, and you are right, it could be any big citys railwaystation, where prostitutes often stand.

And he is also refering in the song that he would have to go abroad to work in order to survive, and many jugosalvs have left for Germany for work, before the war. We call it; working on "baushtel" or "gastabajter" ...later in the text he is saying the german word; "Arbajt" what means work (posao).

Well...



that`s all...

Great song, by the way!