Stari Orkestar - Đorđe Balašević translation in English

Stari Orkestar

Taj orkestar stari nema pojma u stvari
I vecito peva svoje "tra-la-la-la".
I? to da se menja kad su uslovi cisti:
Prvi su i jedini su na Top-listi.
Taj orkestar stari dugo pali i zari,
Uz evergreen temu zvanu "tra-la-la-la"
I? to da se vezba da se pro? iri lager
Za publiku je dosta jedan jedini? lager!
I samo ja, pa ja,
O draga gospoja,
O tako pametan,
I tako postojan.
I ja cu da vam sviram,
A vi ple? ite
U krug i pogled dole
I ne gre? ite.
Taj orkestar stari dobro poznaje stvari
Cim traje toliko uz "tra-la-la-la"!
Da stigne? do neba treba znanja i truda
A niko od nas za to nema ... snage.
Taj orkestar stari audicije kvari
Jer pevaju neki svoje "tra-la-la-la".
Al′ brzo se svaki anti-talenat smiri
Jer slucajno su stari momci vrhovni ziri.
Ovi? to gude se najvi? e trude,
Al' vec u refrenu sve drukcije bude
- Dominiraju trube.
Koriste bubnjeve bolje od grupa
I svima pokazuju kako se lupa,
Nikad ritam ne gube.
I samo ja, pa ja...
Taj orkestar stari ima izvesne cari
Al′ vec se pevu? i novo "tra-la-la-la"
I? to vi? e slu? am, sve sam vi? e tog dojma
Da nikad nisu imali pojma, pojma

Old Orchestra

That old orchestra doesn’t understand anything.
And always sings the same old "tra-la-la-la".
And that should change as the conditions are crystal clear:
They are the first and only ones on the Top-list.
That old orchestra blathers and jitters for a long time,
With the evergreen song titled "tra-la-la-la"
And that is practiced to expand the lager
One single lager is enough for the audience!
And only me, oh my,
Oh my dear lady,
So clever,
And so persistent.
And I will play for you,
And you dance
In a circle and look down
And don’t deviate.
That old orchestra knows its business well
As it lasts so long with "tra-la-la-la"!
To reach heaven, knowledge and effort are needed
And none of us has the... strength for that.
That old orchestra ruins the auditions
For some sing their own "tra-la-la-la".
But every anti-talent soon settles down
For the old guys are the supreme jury by chance.
These guys make the greatest noise
But everything is different in the chorus
- The trumpets dominate.
They use drums better than any band
And show everyone how to play,
They never lose the beat.
And only me, oh my...
That old orchestra has some tricks
But a new "tra-la-la-la" is being sung
And that you hear more, I got the impression
That they never had a clue.