Ja Vas, kanda, znam? - Đorđe Balašević translation in English

Ja Vas, kanda, znam?

Ja vas Kanda znam sa reke
Pravili ste kerefeke, sram vas bilo
Skakali ste onaj sraub
K'o kad Bucov cini raub, taman tako

Sve je vrilo
Nosili ste ciklam kostim na tufnice
A u kosi dzidza-midze i pufnice
Gledale vas opirace
Podgrejane krompirace

S balonima pod njedrima
I s faltama na bedrima
Ko ste da ste najlepsa ste, ej

Kad krenete mokra s tusa
Uspravna ko majorusa
Cigarom se muski guse
A zenske se redom roguse

Znam vas Kanda iz plicaka
Presli ste u ses' koraka onaj pesak vreli
Dokasko bi Dunav do vas
Iz ruke vam zob'o ovas, da ste 'teli

Pesak vreo, voda 'ladna, srce lupka
Najgore je kad zapljusne ispod pupka
Ja sam ipak, djak Iriski
Postivam kad dama piski

Cvikere sam crne metno
Da ne bude indiskretno
Ko ste da ste najlepsa ste, ej
Lociran sam bio zgodno
Malo odstrag i uzvodno

Taman da vam sacnem strukic
Oblo rame, obli kukic
Strcala je samo pundja
Sta se pod tom pundjom mundja

Ref.
Ja vas Kanda znam sa stranda
Il' od nekud pre, tak'e nema dve
Mi smo Kanda ista banda
Tiha voda sto odranja bregove
Sad nas dvoje moram spojiti
Vas osvojiti, il' usvojiti
Nemojte mi sta prkositi
Da vas nebi mor'o prositi

Znam vas Kanda i sa splava
Slamen sesir lokna plava
Sta da kazem, izvanredno

Neki vas je dzindzov pogan
Pozurivo niz tobogan, djubre jedno
Imali ste formu sasvim vitke kruske
Fes u struku a duduske k'o pupuske

Vasa mi koleginica rece
Da ste knjeginjica
Sto sve ruglu izvrdava
Svojeglava i prgava

Ko ste da ste najlepsa ste, ej
Jako malo fali leti
Da se covek poremeti
Nit' se kerim, nit' vazniram

Ne bi da vas deranziram
Mor'o sam vam ovo kaz'ti
Ili kaz'ti, il' propasti

Ref.

Sto se tice mog zivota
Sama bruka i sramota, o, Bogo blagi
Prodacemo s krsta safir
Da bude za sekin stafir, kobojagi

Nas vam salas dodje kao grofovija
Corda konja u galop se tu povija
Hrastov krevet kao sajka
Jastuke mi vezla majka

U sifonjer sve slozeni
Dok se deran ne ozeni
Ko ste da ste najlepsa ste, ej
Gledam se u oku vasem

I k'o da vam pasent pasem
Andrak me je neki spop'o
Uz vas bi se sebi dop'o
Sad je to vec doslo dotle
Da pomisljam da vas otmem

Ref.

Do I Know You?

I seem to know you from the river
You were causing a stir, shame on you
You jumped off that diving board
Like Bucov pulling a heist, just like that

Everything was buzzing
You wore a cyclamen swimsuit with little shoes
And in your hair, baubles and hairpieces
The old ladies were watching you
Reheated potatoes

With balloons under your bosom
And with folds on your thighs
Whoever you are, you're the most beautiful, hey

When you come out of the shower wet
Upright like a majorette
The men choke on their cigarettes
And the women all giggle in turn

I seem to know you from the shallows
You crossed that hot sand in six steps
The Danube would have reached you
And eaten oats from your hand, if you'd wanted

Hot sand, cold water, heart pounding
The worst is when it splashes under your belly button
But I'm an Irish student after all
I respect it when a lady pees

I put on my black glasses
So it wouldn't be indiscreet
Whoever you are, you're the most beautiful, hey
I was positioned well
Slightly behind and upstream

Just enough to catch your waist
Rounded shoulder, rounded hip
Only the bun got splashed
What's going on under that bun

Chorus
I seem to know you from the beach
Or from somewhere before, there's no two like you
We seem to be the same gang
Still waters that erode the banks
Now I have to unite us two
Conquer you, or adopt you
Don't defy me
So I don't have to beg you

I seem to know you from the raft too
Straw hat, blonde curl
What can I say, extraordinary

Some giant jerk
Rushed you down the slide, the bastard
You had the shape of a slender pear
A sash at your waist and breasts like little buns

Your colleague told me
That you're a little princess
Who mocks everything
Stubborn and headstrong

Whoever you are, you're the most beautiful, hey
It takes very little in summer
For a man to lose his mind
I'm not messing around, nor am I showing off

I don't want to bother you
I had to tell you this
Either say it or perish

Chorus

As for my life
Just shame and disgrace, oh dear God
We'll sell the sapphire from the cross
So there's something for your dowry, supposedly

Our farm is like a county
A herd of horses gallops there
An oak bed like a boat
My mother embroidered the pillows

Everything's neatly folded in the closet
Until the boy gets married
Whoever you are, you're the most beautiful, hey
I see myself in your eyes

And it's as if I suit your taste
Some devil has possessed me
I'd like myself with you
Now it's come to the point
That I'm thinking of kidnapping you

Chorus