Translation of the song Kukavica (U gaju tom) artist Croatian Folk

Tko rano urani, dve sreće ugrabi,

The early bird catches the worm

niš ne vredi to.

that doesn't matter at all.

Rano sam ranio, ženu sam zgrabio

I was early, got a wife

pa sam prošo zlo.

and went through evil.

Kad se tog spominjem sudbinu proklinjem

When I remember that, I curse the fate

i rođenja čas.

and the moment I was born.

U šumskoj kučici, kao u vručici,

In a forest's little house, like having a fever,

kad sam joj slušo glas.

when I was listening to her voice.

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U gaju tom, kukavica kuka,

In that grove, a cuckoo cuckoos

bez dečka bit svakoj je curici muka.

to be without a man is every girl's toment

On nek je gluh, suh k'o komarac,

Let him be deaf, dry as mosquito,

kakav je, takav je, šćepaj ga, nedaj ga,

let him be, get him, don't let him go,

jer je muškarac.

because he's a man.

Moja je ženica, ptičica selica

My little wife is, a little migratory bird

rado mijenja dom.

happily changes her home.

Sad grli jednoga, pak onda drugoga,

Now she's hugging one, then another one,

ljubi dušom svom.

kisses with her soul.

Ljudi mi šapuću, da trpim papuču

People whisper me, that I am putting up with an easy girl

i na glavi rog.

and on the head a horn.

Ženica, brani se, ljubiti bližnje sve

My little wife, is defending herself, to love each other*

to nam nalaže Bog.

is what God orders us.

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