Nikad kao Bane - Đorđe Balašević traduction en anglais

Nikad kao Bane

Još u školi
Je ručicu dizao vešto
I već se znalo da postaće nešto
O već se znalo
Da postaće neko, ko Bog

Mi smo rasli
U šarenom kraljevstvu igre
On je imao drugi pedigre
Mali Bane je bio daleko od tog

I često se pitala moja mati
O, čedo moje
Samo da mi je znati
Šta će to sa tobom biti
Da l' ćeš ikad biti i ti

Kao Bane, dobri sin
Tih i miran, čist i fin
Kao Bane, vaspitan
I solidan i koristan
Kao Bane, vredni mrav
Poslušan i učtiv sav
Kao Bane, odmeren i usmeren
I proveren

Pred maturu
Su pristigli momenti novi
Sport i ploče i nemirni snovi
Neki izlozi prepuni svega
Za nas
Ali Bane
Taj je imao izloge prazne
Pa smo zato za funkcije razne
Svi mi večito birali njega
U glas

I često se pitala moja mati
Gde se to skitaš
O, da mi je znati
I šta će sa tobom biti
Da l' ćeš ikad biti i ti

Kao Bane, dobri sin
Tih i miran, čist i fin
Kao Bane, vaspitan
I solidan i koristan
Kao Bane, vredni mrav
Poslušan i učtiv sav
Kao Bane, odmeren i usmeren
I proveren za sve

Tu i tamo
Tek ponekad sretnem tog dečka
Crna tašna i šofer i Mečka
TV dnevnik ga forsira nešto, o da
Bez krivice, u štampu je stigao skokom
Jer kad kreneš tim poznatim tokom
Tad svi ručice podižu vešto, jen dva

I često se pitala moja mati
Ko ga to gura
O da mi je znati
I šta ce sa tobom biti
Da l' ćeš ikad biti i ti

Kao Bane, dobri sin
Tih i miran, čist i fin
Kao Bane, vaspitan
I solidan i koristan
Kao Bane, mali, vredni mrav
Poslušan i učtiv sav
Kao Bane, odmeren i usmeren
I proveren.

Draga mama, život je jedna velika
Da ne lajem, nema veze, ti znaš
To je sve lutrija
A ja ne odustajem
Od svog broja dok igra traje
Izgubim neku bitku, dobro
Al' vremena bar još ima
U neograničenim količinama
I ja se držim
Još kako se držim
I ne brini puno
O tom šta ću biti
Mogu se kockati, londrati, piti
I mogu pasti na niske grane
Al' ne boj se, nikad neću biti:

Kao Bane, dobri sin
Tih i miran, čist i fin
Kao Bane, vaspitan
I solidan i koristan
Kao Bane, vredni mrav
Poslušan i učtiv sav
Kao Bane, odmeren i usmeren
I proveren
Ooo, nikad
Kao Bane, nikad, nikad
Kao Bane nikad, nikad
Kao Bane nikad, nikad
Nikad kao Bane, nikad
Nikad kao Bane...

Never Like Bane

Even in school
He'd raise his hand so cleverly
And it was already known he'd become something
Oh, it was already known
He'd become someone, like God

We grew up
In a colorful kingdom of play
He had a different pedigree
Little Bane was far from that

And often my mother would wonder
Oh, my child
If only I could know
What will become of you
Will you ever be too

Like Bane, a good son
Quiet and calm, pure and fine
Like Bane, well-mannered
And reliable and helpful
Like Bane, a hard-working ant
Obedient and polite in every way
Like Bane, measured and focused
And proven

Before graduation
New moments arrived
Sports and records and restless dreams
Some shop windows full of everything
For us
But Bane
He had empty shop windows
So for various functions
We all always chose him
Unanimously

And often my mother would wonder
Where are you wandering
Oh, if only I could know
And what will become of you
Will you ever be too

Like Bane, a good son
Quiet and calm, pure and fine
Like Bane, well-mannered
And reliable and helpful
Like Bane, a hard-working ant
Obedient and polite in every way
Like Bane, measured and focused
And proven for everything

Here and there
Just occasionally I meet that guy
Black briefcase and chauffeur and Mercedes
TV news is pushing him somehow, oh yes
Without guilt, he jumped into the press
Because when you start on that well-known path
Then everyone raises their hands cleverly, one-two

And often my mother would wonder
Who's pushing him
Oh, if only I could know
And what will become of you
Will you ever be too

Like Bane, a good son
Quiet and calm, pure and fine
Like Bane, well-mannered
And reliable and helpful
Like Bane, a small, hard-working ant
Obedient and polite in every way
Like Bane, measured and focused
And proven.

Dear Mom, life is one big
Not to swear, never mind, you know
It's all a lottery
And I'm not giving up
On my number as long as the game goes on
I lose some battles, okay
But at least there's still time
In unlimited quantities
And I'm holding on
Still holding on
And don't worry too much
About what I'll become
I can gamble, laze around, drink
And I can fall to low branches
But don't worry, I'll never be:

Like Bane, a good son
Quiet and calm, pure and fine
Like Bane, well-mannered
And reliable and helpful
Like Bane, a hard-working ant
Obedient and polite in every way
Like Bane, measured and focused
And proven
Ooo, never
Like Bane, never, never
Like Bane never, never
Like Bane never, never
Never like Bane, never
Never like Bane...