Translation of the song Otilia (Lakonoga) artist Đorđe Balašević
Otilia (Lakonoga)
Otilia (Bouncy one)
Jedva da se secam
I can hardly remember
dvanaest zvoncica na njenoj bluzici
The twelve bells on her blouse
sam je crni djavo poturio note muzici
The Black Devil gave those notes to he musicians
vrtela prstic oko dugmeta
She spun her finger around her button
starija joj sestra bila kao ukleta
Her older sister seemed cursed
obecale kuci da ce doci i pre ponoci
They promised to come home before the midnight
Jedva da se secam
I can hardly remember
prvih pet-sest slova njenog imena
First five or six letters of her name
mesec nesto flekav, k'o stara trumpeta limena
Moon is tainted like an old metal trumpet
vitlao Bozic jata zvezdana
The sky was full of stars for Christmas
mrznuo je Dunav nizvodno od Bezdana
The Danube was frozen downstream of Bezdan*
a u nasem kraju, lepih seka iznad proseka
In our town there are many beautiful girls
I bas lakonoga, za drugoga zarucena
She was a bouncy one, engaged for another man
a za mene narucena kod Boga
but ordered for me by God
moja lepotuska, nedopijen gutljaj vina
my beauty, the unfinished sip of wine
dah karmina na krajicku opuska
the trace of lipstick on the stub
Ko reci par u spomenar
Like a few words in the yearbook
Jedva da se secam
I hardly remember
da je ribnjak bio srmom okovan
That the fishpond was chained in silver
tad i nikad vise miris'o je sneg na jorgovan
Then and never again the snow smelled like the lilac
o, mati joj njena skrila papuce
Oh, her mother hid her slippers
od mraza ringlov pred kucom napuce
Frost split the wild plum in front of the house
u ocove cizme pa do carde preko verande
She put on father's boots to go on the street under the porch
I bas lakonoga, za drugoga zarucena
She was a bouncy one, engaged for another man
a za mene narucena kod Boga
but ordered for me by God
moja lepotuska, nedopijen gutljaj vina
my beauty, the unfinished sip of wine
dah karmina na krajicku opuska
the trace of lipstick on the stub
I teski lom u srcu mom
And my heart broke
'Ajmo deco
Let's go, kids
I bas lakonoga, za drugoga zarucena
She was a bouncy one, engaged for another man
a za mene narucena kod Boga
but ordered for me by God
moja lepotuska, nedopijen gutljaj vina
my beauty, the unfinished sip of wine
dah karmina na krajicku opuska
the trace of lipstick on the stub
Ko reci par u spomenar
Like a few words in the yearbook
I bas lakonoga, za drugoga zarucena
She was a bouncy one, engaged for another man
a za mene narucena kod Boga
but ordered for me by God
moja lepotuska, nedopijen gutljaj vina
my beauty, the unfinished sip of wine
dah karmina na krajicku opuska
the trace of lipstick on the stub
I teski lom u srcu mom
And my heart broke