Lyrics and translation Mircea Vintilă - Proverbe

Proverbe

Pe cand lumea fierbe, noi mai mari, mai mici
Invatam proverbe ce se spun pe-aici
Vrem o alta limba toti ar invata
Lupul parul schimba dar naravul, ba.

R: Hai la mosu' cu proverbe
Dai un ban dar stii ca fierbe
Fierbe-n sus si fierbe-jos
Hai la mosu' cu proverbe.
Hai la mosu' cu proverbe
Pentru-n nume si trei verbe
Iar proverbul dureros
Hai la mosu' cu proverbe.

Avem multe treburi fatuim oglinzi
Fugi dupa doi iepuri, nici unul nu prinzi
Vocea ni-i peltica deci vorbim mai rar
Buturuga mica pleaca de sub car.

Doamne, ce osanda dinspre glasul tau
Ca pisica blanda zgariaza rau
Marea mea mandrie in aceasta sta
Ce nu-ti place tie altuia nu-i fa.

Intelesul scapa treaba e mai grea
Altuia-i sapi groapa, tu ajungi in ea
Imi vei duce dorul, frate gradinar
Dar sa lasi ulciorul la apa mai rar.

Proverbs

While the world is boiling, we young and old
We learn the proverbs that are spoken here
We all want to learn another language.
The wolf changes its coat but not its nature.

R: Come to the old man with proverbs
Pay a penny but know it boils
Boil it up and boil it down
Come to the old man with proverbs.
Come to the old man with proverbs
For a name and three verbs
And the painful proverb
Come to the old man with proverbs.

We have many tasks that we compare to mirrors
Chasing two rabbits, you will catch neither
Our voices stammer, that's why we speak slowly
Small logs move away from the car.

Oh dear, what a misfortune in your voice
That a gentle cat can scratch badly
My greatest pride lies in this
What you don't like for yourself, don't do to others.

The meaning escapes, the task is harder
Dig a hole for someone else, you fall into it
I will miss you, my gardener brother
But don't leave the jug near the water so often.