Lyrics and translation Ivan Mládek - Zobali vrabci zobali

Zobali vrabci zobali

Zobali vrabci zobali,
Igelitové obaly,
Nechali je tam rolníci,
Měli v nich sváču vonící.
Zobali vrabci zobali,
Igelitové obaly,
Ubozí ptáci kynuli,
Někteří málem zhynuli.
Stalo se mi včera ráno,
šel jsem od milé právě,
Vrabec bledý jako stěna
Vrávoral proti mě v trávě.
Sotva se držel na nohou,
Břicho měl nafouklé naříkal,
Za chlupy jsem ho uchopil,
Ke zvěrolékaři utíkal.
Doktor ho proklepal změřil tlak,
Vypumpoval z něj igelit,
Než půjde vrabčák na vojnu,
Bude už dávno zdráv a fit.
Zobali vrabci zobali,
Igelitové obaly,
Nechali je tam rolníci,
Měli v nich sváču vonící.
Zobali vrabci zobali,
Igelitové obaly,
Ubozí ptáci kynuli,
Někteří málem zhynuli.

The Sparrows Peck at Plastic Bags

The sparrows peck at plastic bags,
The plastic bags the farmers left,
Their snacks inside, so freshly wrapped,
A fragrant scent the air has cleft.
The sparrows peck at plastic bags,
The plastic bags so full of dread,
The little birds they wave their wings,
Some barely hanging by a thread.
It happened to me yesterday,
I was leaving from my love's embrace,
A sparrow, pale as any ghost,
Staggered towards me through the space.
He could barely stand upon his feet,
His belly swollen, filled with woe,
I grabbed him by the tufts of hair,
And ran him to the vet, you know.
The doctor tapped him, checked his pulse,
And pumped the plastic from his gut,
Before that sparrow goes to war,
He'll be all healed up, fit as a nut.
The sparrows peck at plastic bags,
The plastic bags the farmers left,
Their snacks inside, so freshly wrapped,
A fragrant scent the air has cleft.
The sparrows peck at plastic bags,
The plastic bags so full of dread,
The little birds they wave their wings,
Some barely hanging by a thread.