Câti steali suntu more n'dzeană,
So many stars up high
c'ahâti dzâli fetsiu more tu xeani.
and just as many days abroad.
Yinghits dzâli fetsiu more tu vampori
Twenty days on a steamboat
sh'alti ahânti, ahânti pi uscatâ.
and just as many on the ground.
Xeanili tse suntu more greali,
Life abroad is so harsh
tră fitsiorlji, fitsiorlji Americanjlji.
for the lads, for the now American lads.
Voi fitsiori, fitsiori voi di tu xeani,
You lads, you lads gone far away,
ia scutetsă, ia scutetsă doauă peani!
take our your writing pen!
Tra s'atsets ună hâbari,
Write a letter for me,
muma amea s'nu tragă le cripari!
to soothe my mother's pain!
Muma amea shi njica nji di sorică,
My mother, my little sister
shi mărata-ji di isusită.
and my poor fiancee.