Paroles et traduction Vlado Kreslin - Namesto koga roza cveti

Namesto koga roza cveti

Kakšno noč, ko pri štorkljah prespim
Pod visečo meglo
Tiho, sam, med njimi stojim
Le noge nad vodo.

Ko pa žarek pregrize temo,
Prebudimo se iz sanj,
Močvirje novih želja
Bo odletelo v nebo.

Namesto koga roža cveti,
Namesto koga sem jaz,
Katera koža najbolj diši,
čigava pesem rabi moj glas?

Če pa trava nad mojo zemljo
Bo pognala kak cvet,
Enim tiho kapljo v oko,
Drugim dal bo med.

Namesto koga roža cveti,
Namesto koga sem jaz,
Katera koža najbolj diši,
čigava pesem rabi moj glas?

For Whom the Rose Blooms

On a night when I sleep among the storks
Underneath the hanging fog
Quietly, alone, I stand among them
Only my feet above the water.

But when a ray of sunlight cuts through the darkness,
We awaken from our dreams,
The swamp of new desires
Will fly away into the sky.

For whom does the rose bloom,
For whom am I,
Whose skin smells the best,
Whose song needs my voice?

If the grass on my earth
Should sprout a flower,
For some it will be a silent tear
To others it will give honey.

For whom does the rose bloom,
For whom am I,
Whose skin smells the best,
Whose song needs my voice?