Sunt un baiat simplu,
I'm a simple boy,
Stau langa Bucur Obor,
I live near Bucur Obor,
Si am ceea ce se cheama
And I have what it's called
O cultura cam ca a tuturor
A culture like everyone else's
Sunt impacat cu mine,
I'm at peace with myself,
Desi nu mi-a fost usor,
Although it wasn't easy for me,
Dar de cand te stiu pe tine,
But since I know you,
E cu totul altceva,
It's completely different,
E de necrezut ce se intampla
It's unbelievable what's going on
Acum cu viata mea,
Now with my life,
De cate ori te-ntreb „Ce mai faci?”
How many times do I ask you How are you?
Imi spui cam asa:
You tell me something like this
Crede-ma, este inefabila constientizarea unui fapt inavuabil
Believe me, it is ineffable to be aware of an unavoidable and pregnant fact,
si pregnant, luctuoasă proximitatea unui caracter exuviabil
the mournful proximity of an exuviable character and
si chiar patetica entropia discursului pregatit in prealabil
even pathetic is the entropy of the previously prepared speech.
Aha, zic eu,
Aha, I say...
Ca sa te-nteleg,
To understand you,
Stau c-un dictionar in fata,
I'm sitting with a dictionnary besides me
Asta nu-i viata
That is no life!
Hai incearca sa vorbesti normal,
Come and try to talk normally
Hai incearca sa te porti normal,
Come and try to behave normally
Hai incearca sa vorbesti normal,
Come and try to talk normally
Ai putea fi ideala,
You could be ideal
Pacat ca nu esti normala,
too bad you're not normal!
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
Pacat ca nu esti normala,
too bad you're not normal!
La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
Pacat ca nu esti
too bad you're not...
Cred ca nu-i o scuza
I don't think that's an excuse
Faptul ca ai terminat filologia,
The fact that you finished philology,
Si apoi dupa o vreme
And then after a while
Dreptul si filozofia,
Law and philosophy,
S-au ce studiezi acum in paralel
There are what you study now in parallel
Istoria, greaca veche, ingineria,
History, Ancient Greek, Engineering,
genetica, matematica, fizica, biologia,
genetics, mathematics, physics, biology,
chimia, si chiromantia.
chemistry, and palmistry.
Dar tu-mi spui:
But you're telling me:
Cvasi-argumentarile tale sunt pur si simplu patibulare, paralogismul degenerand treptat in sofism, in timp ce deprecatia emasculata ei bine, denota o aprehensiune cel putin deplasata.
Your quasi-arguments are simply gallows, the paralogism gradually degenerating into sophistry, while the, well, emasculated depreciation denotes at least a misplaced apprehension...
Aha, zic eu,
Aha, I say...
Ca sa te-nteleg,
To understand you,
Stau c-un dictionar in fata,
I'm sitting with a dictionnary besides me
Asta nu-i viata
That is no life!
Hai incearca sa vorbesti normal,
Come and try to talk normally
Hai incearca sa te porti normal,
Come and try to behave normally
Hai incearca sa vorbesti normal,
Come and try to talk normally
Ai putea fi ideala,
You could be ideal
Pacat ca nu esti normala,
too bad you're not normal!
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
Pacat ca nu esti normala,
too bad you're not normal!
La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
Pacat ca nu esti normala,
too bad you're not normal!
La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
Pacat ca nu esti normala,
too bad you're not normal!
La la la la la la la la la la la
La la la la la la la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
La la la la la la,
Pacat ca nu esti
too bad you're not...