Paroles et traduction Karel Plíhal - Vodnik

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Na starý vrbě nad rybníkem
Zelenej mužík sedí
Z termosky popíjí kafe s mlíkem
Melancholicky hledí
Právě se pohádal se svou starou
Už si s ní neví rady
A koumá, kolik je to vzdušnou čarou
Kiláků do Kanady
Závidí divokým husám
Jak mizí kdesi v dálce
On zatím sedává tu sám
V botách ho zebou palce
Stará mu nadává, že se jen fláká
A nebejt tak střelená
Vdala se zamlada za lampasáka
Zelená jak zelená
Závidí divokým husám
Jak mizí kdesi v dálce
On zatím sedává tu sám
V botách ho zebou palce
I já závidím divokým husám
Jak dělaj′ do mraků díru
Když poslouchám: Vojíne, klusám, klusám, klusám
Tu nejste na špacíru...

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On the old willow by the pond
A green man sits
He sips coffee with milk from a thermos
He gazes melancholically
He just had an argument with his old woman
He doesn't know what to do with her anymore
And he wonders how many miles it is as the crow flies
To Canada
He envies the wild geese
As they disappear into the distance
He sits here alone
His toes are freezing in his shoes
His old woman nags him for being lazy
And if she wasn't so crazy
She would have married a military man when she was young
Green as green
He envies the wild geese
As they disappear into the distance
He sits here alone
His toes are freezing in his shoes
I envy the wild geese as well
As they make a hole in the clouds
When I hear: Soldier, march, march, march
This is not a walk in the park...