Текст и перевод песни Đorđe Balašević - Provincijalka

Provincijalka

Rekli su mi da je došla iz provincije
Strpavši u kofer snove i ambicije
Drug je studirao sa njom
Pa smo se najzad sreli ona i ja
Shvatih, Bože, ovo je sazvezđe za nju provincija
Srce stade kao dete da se otima
Tražili smo se po prethodnim životima
Ostavih iza sebe svet
Zablude, promašaje koji tište
Prosto, lako, k'o neko beznaćajno pristanište
O, da mi je da se još samo jednom zaljubim
Opet bih uzeo kostim večnog dečaka
I opet bih smislio kako da prodangubim
Dok ona ne sleti niz hodnik studenjaka
Gorda naspram podsmeha i spletki poslednjih
Usamljeni galeb iznad mora osrednjih
Reći bi sve pokvarile
Samo se čutke pokraj mene stisla
Sami, svoji, izbeglice iz besmisla
O, da mi je da se još samo jednom zaljubim
Opet bih gledao niz kej kao niz prugu
I opet bih znao da se u oblak zadubim
I čekao bih samo nju, nijednu drugu
Napiši mi pesmu, mazila se. Nisam znao da li ču umeti
Reći jesu moje igračke, cakle mi se u glavi kao oni šareni
Staklići kaleidoskopa i svaki put mi je druga slika u oćima kad
Zažmurim
Ali, postoje u nama neke neprevodive dubine
Postoje u nama neke stvari neprevodive u reći, ne znam
Napiši mi pesmu, molila je, i nisam znao da li ču umeti
Voleo sam je tako lako, a tako sam teško to znao da pokažem
A onda, odjednom, raspored mladeža na njenim leđima
Kao tajna mapa
Pokazao mi je u koje zvezde treba da se zagledam
I tako, eto ti pesma, ludo jedna

Girl from Somewhere

They told me she came from the country
Packing her dreams and ambitions in a suitcase
My friend studied with her
And finally we met, she and I
I realized, my God, this is like a constellation for her
My heart stopped like a child being weaned
We had been searching for each other in previous lives
I left the world behind me
The mistakes and failures that weighed me down
Freely, easily, like some insignificant port
Oh, if only I could fall in love just once more
Once again I would take on the guise of an eternal boy
And once again I would figure out how to get lost
Until she swoops down the university corridor
Proud in the face of the sneers and intrigues of the latest
A lonely seagull above the sea of the mediocre
Words would have ruined everything
She just silently pressed herself against me
Alone, our own, refugees from meaninglessness
Oh, if only I could fall in love just once more
Once again I would look down the pier like down a railway track
And once again I would know how to lose myself in the clouds
And I would wait only for her, no other
Write me a song, she caressed. I didn't know if I would be able to
Say my toys, they tickle me in my head like those colorful
Kaleidoscope marbles and every time I close my eyes
I see a different picture
But, there are untranslatable depths within us
There are things within us that are untranslatable into words, I don't know
Write me a song, she begged, and I didn't know if I would be able to
I loved her so easily, yet I found it so hard to show it
And then, suddenly, a map of youth on her back
Like a secret map
It showed me which stars to look at
And so, there you have it, a crazy kind of song