Translation of the song Badnje veče artist Đorđe Balašević

Kao davni greh

As an old sin

uvek mi se ista javljaš

You always appear to me the same

Odzvanja ti smeh

Your laughter echoes

cipele u prozor stavljaš

You put your shoes in a window

I večno sanjaš

And you dream, always

svetom putuješ bez putovanja

You go around the world without travelling

a Badnje veče dolazi

And the Christmas Eve is coming

Mogla si mi baš

You could have

i reći neke reči nagle

Told me some sudden words

Oči su mi, znaš

You know, my eyes

pune one iste magle

Are still filled with the same fog.

Al' suprotnost sušta

But it's quite opposite...

sad u meni tuga koren pušta

Now, the sorrow in me is making roots

a badnje veče prolazi

And the Christmas Eve is passing..

To je bilo naše zadnje

That was our last (Eve)

sad opet zvona zvone - slušam to

And now the bells ring again, I listen to them...

Ne, nije svako veče Badnje

No, not every eve is Christmas'

al' ovo danas, sasvim slučajno - Badnje je

is the Cristmas Eve.

U poslednji čas

At the last moment

kao uvek na to veče

As always on that Eve

gospođa do nas

The lady next to us

unucima kolac peče

unucima kolac pece – Bakes cookes for her grandchildren

U mojoj sobi

In my room

samo stari veker vreme drobi

Only an old watch shows time

a Badnje veče prolazi...

And the Christmas Eve is passing