Nu'nj mi creapã gione
Don't pester me, boy,
Cu'a ta ntribari
With your question,
Cã dada la tini,
Because my mother, boy,
Gione , nu'nj mi da
Won't give me to you.
Nu'nj mi creapã gione
Don't pester me, boy,
Cu'a ta ashtiptari
With your waiting
Mardzina di'amari
By the seashore
Cã nu a s'hiu a ta
Because I won't be yours.
Bati lea vimtul bati
The wind is blowing
Tu mesea di noapti
At midnight,
Sh'mini mãrata ,
And I'm feeling sad,
Ca tseara'nj mi tukii
I've melted like wax.
Hai nu'nj tsãni calea
Get out of my way
Cãndu negu ntreapã
When I'm going to get some water
Cã sh'fendi la tini
Because my father
Gione , nu'nj mi da
Won't give me to you, either.
Nu giura pi steali
Don't swear on stars
Ca iasti mãrtii
Because it's a sin,
Caftã'ts altã featã
Look for another girl
Pi uidia ta
To your liking.
Bati lea vimtul bati
The wind is blowing
Tu mesea di noapti
At midnight,
Sh'mini mãrata ,
And I'm feeling sad
Ca tseara'nj mi tukii
I've melted like wax.