Paroles et traduction Miroslav Škoro - Zašto Lažu Nam U Lice

Zašto Lažu Nam U Lice

Kada moj brat kući svrati
Iz daleka bijela svijeta
U oku mu sjena starca
A tek mu je trideseta

Mati uvijek svašta pita
A on k'o da nešto krije
Svaki puta manje priča
Manje priča, više pije

Zašto lažu nam u lice
Plaču naše oranice
Zašto kada svane zora
Moj brat opet u svijet mora

Kod nas nikad ništa novo
A brat isto priča stalno
Vidiš, kaže, sve je ovo
Božjom rukom naslikano

Riječ mu svaka srce bode
Pogleda me, glavu spusti
Svaki puta teže ode
A sve lakše suzu pusti

Zašto lažu nam u lice
Plaču naše oranice
Zašto kada svane zora
Moj brat opet u svijet mora

Da nam bunar ne presuši
Da se kuća ne uruši
Da se ne potopi lađa
Dok nam njiva drugom rađa

Ja se molim svakog dana
Da sjeverna zvijezda sjajna
Pokazuje noću pute
Da ne lutaju oni što putuju
Oni što odlaze
Neka upamte svoj dom

Zašto lažu nam u lice
Plaču naše oranice
Zašto kada svane zora
Moj brat opet u svijet mora

Da nam bunar ne presuši
Da se kuća ne uruši
Da se ne potopi lađa
Dok nam njiva drugom rađa

Da se ne potopi lađa
Dok nam njiva drugom rađa

Why They Lie to Our Faces

When my brother comes home
From distant, white worlds
In his eyes there is the shadow of an old man
And he is only thirty

Mother always asks a lot of questions
But she acts as if something is wrong
Each time he talks less
Talks less, and drinks more

Why do they lie to our faces?
Our lands are weeping
Why, when the dawn breaks
My brother goes on his journey again

Here, nothing is ever new
And my brother always tells the same story
Do you see, he says, this is all
Drawn by the hand of God

Every word cuts my heart
He looks at me, hangs his head
Each time it is harder to leave
And easier to shed a tear

Why do they lie to our faces?
Our lands are weeping
Why, when the dawn breaks
My brother goes on his journey again

So our well will not run dry
So our house does not collapse
So our ship does not sink
While our land gives life to another

I pray every day
That the bright North star
Will show the travelers their way at night
So that they who journey
They who leave
May remember their home

Why do they lie to our faces?
Our lands are weeping
Why, when the dawn breaks
My brother goes on his journey again

So our well will not run dry
So our house does not collapse
So our ship does not sink
While our land gives life to another

So our ship does not sink
While our land gives life to another