Oi-lele shi oi-bobo,
Oi-lele & oi-bobo,
oclili plângu di un caimo.
my eyes are crying from too much pain.
Lele, lele, lele, le,
Lele, lele, lele, le,
oclili plângu di un caimo.
my eyes are crying from too much pain.
Inima-nji plândzea di doru
My heart is aching from too much pain,
ca birbililu dit nioru.
like a nightingale among the clouds.
Lele, lele, lele, le,
Lele, lele, lele, le,
ca birbililu dit nioru.
like a nightingale among the clouds.
O, ca vai, ca vai di noi!
O, alas, poor us!
Anlu aestu-i multu-arău.
This is such a bad year.
Lele, lele, lele, le,
Lele, lele, lele, le,
anlu aestu-i multu-arău.
this is such a bad year.
Anlu aestu-i multu-arău,
This is such a bad year,
nâ lo vetea Dumnidzău.
God has punished us by taking away our fortune.
Lele, lele, lele, le,
Lele, lele, lele, le,
nâ lo sh'cupili di oi.
He took away our sheep.
Lele, lele, lele, le,
Lele, lele, lele, le,
nâ lo sh'cupili di cai.
He took away our horses too.