Текст и перевод песни Đorđe Balašević - Morao sam da se odselim

Morao sam da se odselim

Prolaze gradom umorne bivše lepojke
Iz moje slatke mladosti.
Skrivaju bore, s linijom se bore,
Vreme im smišlja pakosti.
Najbolji momci sa korzoa, mladi lavovi,
Mangupi, ugursuzi,
Sad su šoferi, magacioneri,
Kriju ih mračni bircuzi.
Kad o tome razmislim,
Ja sam kriv što živim s tim.
Morao sam da se odselim,
Da se davno izgubim.
I da se nikad ne vratim,
Da ih onakve zapamtim.
Morao sam da se odselim
Kad mi je bilo dvaestri.
I ja sam bio dečko s gitarom, mali car,
šašavi boem za sve njih.
Dečko s gitarom, danas dečko s honorarom
Koji ga odvaja od svih.
I kad o tome razmislim,
Ja sam kriv što živim s tim.
Morao sam da se odselim,
I da se davno izgubim.
I da se nikad ne vratim,
Da me onakvog pamte svi.
Morao sam da se odselim
Kad mi je bilo dvaestri.

I Had to Move Away

Tired former beauties walk through town
From my sweet youth.
They hide their wrinkles, fight the lines,
Time devises evil tricks for them.
The best boys from the promenade, young lions,
Hooligans, ne'er-do-wells,
Are now drivers, warehouse workers,
Hiding in dark taverns.
When I think about it,
I'm to blame for living with this.
I had to move away,
To get lost long ago.
And to never return,
To remember them like that.
I had to move away
When I was twenty-two.
And I, too, was a boy with a guitar, a little star,
A crazy bohemian for all of them.
A boy with a guitar, today a boy with a fee
That separates him from all.
And when I think about it,
I'm to blame for living with this.
I had to move away,
And to get lost long ago.
And to never return,
For everyone to remember me like that.
I had to move away
When I was twenty-two.