Translation of the song Noc Kada Sam Preplivao Dunav artist Đorđe Balašević

Na mostu smena straže,

On the bridge the watch was relieved

znao sam da me traže,

I knew they were looking for me

žandara nema koji ne zna moj lik.

There's no lawman that doesn't know my face.

Zar moja glava vredi sto forinti,

Is my head really worth 100 forints

gospodo draga?

dear gentleman?

Pod slikom toliko piše,

That is what it says under the picture,

vredi bar krajcaru više.

yet it is worth at least a fillér more.

Dobre smo krčme znali,

We knew some good taverns,

dobre smo konje krali,

we stole some good horses,

dobra nas neka zvezda pratila svud.

some good star followed us everywhere.

Ostajte zbogom zeleni Karpati,

Stay well green Carpathians

drumovi carski.

car's roads.

Dugo sam bio daleko,

For a long time I was far away,

dal' me poželeo neko?

did anybody missed me?

Dolazim, sto dukata donosim,

I'm coming with 100 ducats

i kašmirsku maramu čudesnih boja.

and a Kashmir scarf with magical colors.

Dolazim, da te opet zaprosim,

I'm coming to propose to you again,

dok te drugom ne daju, ljubavi moja.

so they don't give you away to another, my love.

Talasi lađe lome,

Waves break boats,

šta srce zna o tome?

what does heart know about that?

Srce je ludi husar, pijan i mlad.

Heart is a crazy hussar, drunk and young.

I te sam noći preplivao Dunav,

And that night I swam over Danube

dubok i strašan.

deep and dire.

Oprosti velika reko,

Forgive me great river,

al' ja sam morao preko!

but I had to cross over!

Dolazim...

I'm coming...