Translation of the song Marim ja... artist Đorđe Balašević
Marim ja...
I don't care
Najbolje godine ovog života mog
The best years of my life
Sjajne i rđave
Great and bad
Samo su kliznule k'o sila Dunava
They just slipped like the force of the Danube1
Pod senkom Tvrđave
Under the shadow of Fortress2
Godine lavova, vina i makova
Years of lions, wine and poppies3
Prošle su lagano
They passed easily
K'o carski porućnik
Like an imperial lieutenant
Mlad i uobražen, sa svojom draganom
Young and conceited, with his sweetheart
Al' marim ja
But I don't care4
To su samo kapi vremena
These are just drops of time
Prosute k'o šaka semena
Spilled like a handful of seeds
Po širokoj njivi gospodnjoj
In the wide field of the Lord
O, marim ja,
Oh, I don't care,
Gde su sada davni nemiri
Where the ancient restlessness are now
Razigrani beli leptiri
Playful white butterflies
Dani zvezda poklonjeni njoj, zauvek
Days of stars gifted to her, forever
Veliki datumi, čekani
Big dates, expected and
Cifrani kružićem crvenim
Marked by little red cross5
Tiho su minuli k'o oblak pamučni
They passed quietly like a cloud of cotton
Nad tornjem crkvenim
Above the church tower
Najbolje godine ovog života mog
The best years of my life
Prošle su podmuklo
They passed insidiously
Malo sam zastao
I paused a little bit
Loše ih društvo već zauvek odvuklo
Bad company has dragged them away forever
Al' marim ja
But I don't care
To su samo kapi vremena
These are just drops of time
Prosute k'o šaka semena
Spilled like a handful of seeds
Po širokoj njivi gospodnjoj
In the wide field of the Lord
O, marim ja
Oh, I don't care,
Gde su sada davni nemiri
Where the ancient restlessness are now
Razigrani beli leptiri
Playful white butterflies
Vreme zvezda poklonjeno njoj
Time of stars gifted to her, forever
Bolje nije moglo
It couldn't have been better