Put u središte zemlje - Đorđe Balašević Übersetzung ins Englische

Put u središte zemlje

Kad sam jutros stig'o kući s posla
Saček'o me papir siv.
Otišla mi draga, svega joj je dosta,
Nikad ne znam dal' sam živ.
Ma idi lutko lepa s milim bogom,
Ti si više komad lak!
Nisi nikad tamo stala svojom nogom,
Nemaš ti pojma šta je mrak.
Tamo dole đavoli se kote,
Tri planine pritiska mi vrat.
Baš i nisi drugar, moj živote,
Al' neka, neka,
Biće slađe kad srce zemlje nađem.
Neki Francuz, neki pisac mudar,
Prorek'o je mnogo tog.
Možda nikad nije radio kao rudar,
Ali ga volim kao svog.
Knjiga piše da postoji mesto,
Usred zemlje neko sunce sja.
Tamo se može i s milion dvesto!
Tražim srce zemlje stare i sunce za rudare.
Kopam, đavoli se kote,
Tri planine pritiska mi vrat.
O, baš i nisi drugar, moj živote,
Al' neka, neka,
Biće slađe kad srce zemlje nađem.
Tamu slušam, dišem, tamu gazim,
Trpim najbolje što znam.
Al' ću jednog dana da je proburazim
I da se svetla dočepam.
Knjiga piše da postoji mesto,
Usred zemlje neko sunce sja.
Tamo se može i s milion dvesto!
Tražim srce zemlje stare i sunce za rudare.
Hajde, đavoli se kote,
Tri planine pritiska mi vrat.
Baš i nisi drugar, moj živote,
Al' neka, neka,
Biće slađe kad srce zemlje nađem.
Kad srce zemlje pronaðem!

Journey to the Center of the Earth

When I came home from work this morning
I was greeted by a gray sheet of paper.
My darling had left, she had had enough,
I never know if I'm alive or dead.
Go on, my pretty doll, with God's blessing,
You're nothing but a piece of cake!
You never stood your ground there,
You have no idea what darkness is.
Down there, the devils copulate,
Three mountains press down on my neck.
You're not much of a friend, my life,
But whatever, whatever,
It will be sweeter when I find the heart of the earth.
A Frenchman, a wise writer,
Predicted many things.
Maybe he never worked as a miner,
But I love him as my own.
The book says that there is a place,
In the middle of the earth, a sun shines.
There you can live to be a thousand and two hundred!
I'm looking for the heart of the old earth and the sun for the miners.
I'm digging, the devils copulate,
Three mountains press down on my neck.
Oh, you're not much of a friend, my life,
But whatever, whatever,
It will be sweeter when I find the heart of the earth.
I listen to the darkness, I breathe it, I tread on it,
I suffer the best I can.
But one day I will bore through it
And reach the light.
The book says that there is a place,
In the middle of the earth, a sun shines.
There you can live to be a thousand and two hundred!
I'm looking for the heart of the old earth and the sun for the miners.
Come on, the devils copulate,
Three mountains press down on my neck.
You're not much of a friend, my life,
But whatever, whatever,
It will be sweeter when I find the heart of the earth.
When I find the heart of the earth!