Paroles et traduction Arsen Dedić - Prijatelj

Prijatelj

Imao sam prijatelja, u svemu prvaka
Hoćete li svijetla, hoćete li mraka
Nismo bili čopor, nismo bili rulja
Prijatelj moj hulja, ja također hulja

Sve je bilo ništa, svi su bili stoka
Bauljasmo kobno, od štoka do štoka
Zavodila nas je ista s petog kata
Razorena ponoć, trošna noćna vrata

Imao sam prijatelja, lažnog prvoborca
Sad sam bez stražara, opkopa, i dvorca
A volio sam njega koliko se može
Sve što nam se zbiva pitanje je kože

Kažu da je dobro, kažu da je gore
Svjedoče o njemu, lažno i najgore
Kažu da je loše, kažu da je dolje
Gdje je slavna klatež puno bolje volje

A ja ću za njim
Čim duge naplatim

Kažu da je dobro, kažu da je gore
Svjedoče o njemu, svjedoče najgore
Kažu da je loše, kažu da je dolje
Gdje je slavna klatež puno bolje volje

A ja ću za njim
Čim duge naplatim

Imao sam prijatelja, neznanog heroja
Grob mu je bez križa, imena i broja
Imao sam prijatelja

Friend

I had a friend, champion in everything
Do you want light, do you want darkness
We weren't a pack, we weren't a mob
My friend, a rowdy, me a rowdy too

Everything was nothing, everyone was cattle
We roamed fatally, from stick to stick
The same girl from the fifth floor was seducing us
Devastated midnight, worn night doors

I had a friend, a false champion
Now I'm without a guard, a moat, and a palace
And I loved him as much as one can
Everything that happens to us is a matter of skin

They say it's good, they say it's worse
They testify about him, falsely and worst of all
They say it's bad, they say it's down
Where the glorious vagrancy is much better

And I'll go after him
As soon as I pay off my debts

They say it's good, they say it's worse
They testify about him, they testify worst of all
They say it's bad, they say it's down
Where the glorious vagrancy is much better

And I'll go after him
As soon as I pay off my debts

I had a friend, an unknown hero
His grave is without a cross, name, and number
I had a friend