Translation of the song Pismo Elvisu artist Zabranjeno pušenje

O Elvise tako sam sretna

Oh Elvis, I am so happy

imam veliki stan u centru Manhattana

I have a big apartment in the centre of Manhattan

sa Tom Waitsom svira moj muz

My husband is playing alongside Tom Waits*

bijeli je covjek al' ima dusu za blues

He is a white man, but he has enough soul for blues

Sjetim se nekad na sretne dane

Sometimes, I think about the happy days

kad smo jeli baklavu kod moje nane

When we ate my grandma's baklava

New York je hladan, nijedan jaran

New York is cold, no friends

nikoga nema da mu dodjes na Bajram

Nobody to go visit at Eid

Zasto sam morala pobjeci glupo

Why did I have to stupidly run away?

mozda sam mogla izvuci uslov

Maybe I could have fulfilled the criteria*

al' dzaba sloboda, lijekovi, pare

Freedom, medicines, money - it is all for nothing

kad od tebe traze da izdas drugare

When they ask you to betray your buddies

Od mene niko nije tuzniji bio

Nobody was more devastated than I was

kada sam cula da je pogin'o Zijo

When I heard about Zijo's death*

prosla su ona sretna vremena

Those happy days are long gone

i ja sam danas drukcija zena

I am a different woman today

Dal' si se i ti posvetio djeci

Did you devote yourself to your children?

obec'o si dati moje ime kcerci

You promised to name your daughter after me

gledaj da budu posteni i zlatni

Teach them to be fair and good

ne daj da postanu zli narkomani

Do not let them become evil junkies

O Elvise, ja nisam sretna

Oh Elvis, I am not happy

imalo me je pola Manhattana

I slept with half of the Manhattan

rodjenu majku bih prodala sada

I would sell my own mother now

kada mi treba tih pola grama

When I am craving those 0,5 grams

Na kraju da ti pozelim srecu

In the end, I want to wish you luck

Sarajevo vise vidjeti necu

I will never see Sarajevo again

kad se po gradu upale rakete

When you see rockets in the town

stavi ruku na srce i sjeti se mene

Put a hand on your heart and remember me