Virovitica - Đorđe Balašević translation in English

Virovitica

Ja nikad dosad nisam bio u Americi
I ne nameravam.
Mene da zvizne neki tip, za dolar, dva, pa čak i tri
Nemam tih nerava
A baš bih voleo da vidim Kaliforniju
I još par tačaka
Al′ imam stranu fobiju
Id onih narkosa i tamno crnih mačaka
So sorry USA, možda si ti OK
Možda me priče varaju
Sl' ja bih ipak ostao tu
I nikad nisam bio u Sovjetskom Savezu
I ne nameravam
Bio bih u tom Savezu kao u nekom kavezu,
Nemam tih nerava
Al′ baš bih voleo da stignem sve do Rostova
Ili do Gruzije
Plašim se tolkog prostora
Možda se negde zagube moje iluzije
Izvini SSSR, možda si sasvim fer
Možda me priče varaju
Al' ja bih ipak ostao tu
Amerika je divna, predivna čak
Čim u njoj živi Paja Patak zvani Donald Duck
Al' nije svako kao Donald
Mene plaši ovaj Ronald
Taj je nezgodan
Imamo neke veze Rusi i ja. (Harašo!)
Onaj me Dostojevski jednostavno obara
Al′ nisu svi k′o Dostojevski, mene plaši Sibirevski
Taj je prohladan! I ja ću ostati tu
Ali sam često pevao u Virovitici
I dobro prošao
Mada su strme litice svud oko Virovitice
Opet bi došao
U Virovitici ne postoje pritisci
I žive mirno svi, kao hipici u Virovitici
Amerika je divna, predivna čak
Čim u njoj živi Paja Patak zvani Donald Duck
Al' nije svako kao Donald,
Mene plaši ovaj Ronald
Taj je nezgodan
Imamo neke veze Rusi i ja. (Harašo!)
Onaj me Dostojevski jednostavno obara
Al′ nisu svi k'o Dostojevski, mene plaši Sibirevski
Taj je prohladan! I ja ću ostati tu

Virovitica

I have never been to America
And I don't intend to.
For some guy to whistle at me, for a dollar, two, or even three
I don't have those nerves
Oh but I would love to see California
And a few other places
But I have a strange phobia
Of those drug dealers and dark black cats
So sorry USA, maybe you are OK
Maybe the stories are deceiving me
Well I would still stay here
I have never been to the Soviet Union
And I don't intend to.
I would be in that Union like in a cage,
I don't have those nerves
Oh but I would love to reach all the way to Rostov
Or to Georgia
I'm afraid of so much space
Maybe somewhere my illusions will get lost
Sorry USSR, maybe you are quite fair
Maybe the stories are deceiving me
Well I would still stay here
America is wonderful, even amazing
As long as there's Donald Duck living in it
But not everyone is like Donald
This Ronald scares me
He's a weirdo
We Russians have some connection. (Great!)
That Dostoyevsky simply knocks me over
But not everyone is like Dostoyevsky, the Siberian scares me
He's chilly! And I'll stay here
But I have often sung in Virovitica
And have done well
Although there are steep cliffs all around Virovitica
I would still come again
In Virovitica there is no pressure
And everyone lives peacefully, like hippies
America is wonderful, even amazing
As long as there's Donald Duck living in it
But not everyone is like Donald,
This Ronald scares me
He's a weirdo
We Russians have some connection. (Great!)
That Dostoyevsky simply knocks me over
But not everyone is like Dostoyevsky, the Siberian scares me
He's chilly! And I'll stay here