Текст и перевод песни Pavel Stratan - Banii

Banii

Eu cu fratele si sora din sertar de la masa,
I-am furat lu′ tata banii, si-am fugit de-acasa.
N-o trecut nici doua zile, tata cand ii cauta
Banii nu mai sunt acolo unde-au fost odata.
Unde-s banii? - ma intreaba tata cu rabdare,
Nu stiu tata, poate stie fratele mai mare,
Poate banii din sertar i-a mancat vreo mata,
Poate Ghita stie unde-s... Haidem la Ghita!
Da' in timpul asta Ghita curata o nuca.
Cand a vaz′t ca tata vine, a incercat sa fuga.
Tata cand a vaz't ca fuge l-a palit cu palma,
Ghita n-a dovedit macar sa strige Mama!...
Tata mult nu rabda, si-ncepe sa se 'nerveze
Dupa ce degeaba Ghita a luat-o-n freza
Vrei sa numeri bani, da′ daca nu-s nu poti sa numeri,
Tata se uita la noi, noi strangeam din umeri.
Gata, tata, stiu! In urma cu vreo doua zile,
Pe la noi pe-acasa, ziua, a trecut Vasile.
Chiar si azi l-am vazut la apa, se ducea cu manzul,
Poate el de bani sa stie... Haidem la dansul!...
Merge tot ca pe rotile, cand speranta creste
Am ajuns si la Vasile, cat ai zice peste
Fara nici o galagie se petrece drama,
Daca si ceva se-aude, se-aude Mama!...
Banul, nu usor se face, da′ usor se pierde,
Mai ales in casa daca ai in cine crede.
Nu zic! Poate pe la altii altfel merge roata.
Cel putin asa se-ntampla intre noi si tata.
Unde nu ne-om duce, parca invers bate vantul
Gandul nostru, cu al tatii-i cerul si pamantul.
Ne-ntorceam incet spre casa, tata-n partea stanga,
Fratele mai mare dupa, eu cu sora langa...
Da' in timpul asta, timpul parc-a vrut sa steie
Multe usi au fost deschise, asta n-are cheie.
De-as putea vreodata-n viata, as intoarce anii,
Macar ca sa-i spun lui tata, unde-s banii...
Banii... unde-s banii?...

Money

Me, my brother and sister from the drawer at the table,
I stole the money from my father and ran away from home.
Two days had not passed, when my father looked for him
The money is no longer where it once was.
Where's the money? Dad asks me patiently,
I don't know, Dad, maybe my older brother knows,
Maybe the money from the drawer was eaten by a cat,
Maybe Ghita knows where it is... Let's go to Ghita!
But in the meantime, Ghita was cleaning a nut.
When he saw' my father coming, he tried to run away.
When my father saw him running, he slapped him,
Ghita didn't even have time to shout Mama!...
Papa didn't wait long, and started to get 'nervous
After Ghita took it in the face in vain
You want to count money, but if there is none, you can't count,
My father looked at us, we shrugged.
That's it, Papa, I know! A couple days ago,
By our house during the day, Vasile passed.
Even today I saw him at the water, he was taking the colt,
Maybe he knows about the money... Let's go to him!...
He goes like on wheels, when hope grows
We got to Vasile, as fast as you can say it
Without any fuss, the drama takes place,
If you hear anything, hear Mama!...
Money, is not easy to make, but it is easy to lose,
Especially at home if you have someone to believe in.
I'm not saying! Maybe for others it works differently.
At least that's what happens between my father and me.
Wherever we go, the wind seems to blow in the opposite direction
Our thought, with our father's-is the sky and the earth.
We were slowly returning home, dad on the left,
My older brother after, me and my sister next to him...
But in the meantime, time seemed to want to stop
Many doors have been opened, this one has no key.
If I could ever in my life, I would turn back the years,
At least to tell my father where the money is...
The money... where's the money?...