Olivera - Đorđe Balašević traduction en anglais

Olivera

Na pragu svojih dvadesetih
Bio sam laka roba
Bile su moderne barabe onih dana
Ne želim svega ni da se setim
Hteo sam, eto, sve da probam
Zvalo me zabranjeno voće s raznih grana
Sad žalim, da
Ali šta sam znao ja?
Ti si bila još devojčica
Leteo je kao leptir tvoj čuperak
Drugi bi sve
Imalo smisao
Drukčije bih život disao
Da sam znao da postojiš Olivera
Možda sam a da nisam znao
Pred isti izlog s tobom stao
Možda smo zajedno iz voza negde sišli?
Možda si sasvim blizu bila
Ulicom mojom prolazila
I možda smo se ža trenutak mimoišli?
Sad žalim, da
Ali šta sam znao ja?
Ti si bila još devojčica
Daleko od oga oka i mog pera
Drugi bi sve
Imalo smisao
Ne bih svakoj pesme pisao
Da sam znao da postojiš Olivera
Drugi bi sve
Imalo smisao
Ja bih iz te gužve zbrisao
Nikom ne bi bilo jasno šta ja to smeram
Znao bih gde
Da sebi nađem mir
Skrio se u tamni manastir
I čekao da ti odrasteš Olivera

Olivera

When I was in my early twenties
I was a wild child
Modern libertines were the rage in those days
I don't even want to remember it all
I wanted to try everything
Forbidden fruit beckoned me from every branch
Now I regret it, yes
But what did I know?
You were still a little girl
Your curls fluttered like a butterfly
Everything else
Would have made sense
I would have breathed life differently
If I had known you existed, Olivera
Maybe, without knowing it
I stood in front of the same shop window with you
Maybe we both got off the train somewhere?
Maybe you were very close
Passing by my street
And maybe we missed each other for just a moment?
Now I regret it, yes
But what did I know?
You were still a little girl
Far from my eyes and my pen
Everything else
Would have made sense
I wouldn't have written songs for every woman
If I had known you existed, Olivera
Everything else
Would have made sense
I would have disappeared from that crowd
No one would have understood what I was aiming for
I would have known where
To find peace for myself
I would have hidden in a dark monastery
And waited for you to grow up, Olivera