Mândru-şi cânt-un cerb în codru
A deer is proudly singing in the forest.
Haida ler, leru-i ler
Go on, ler. Ler is ler1
Mândru-şi cânt-un cerb în codru.
A deer is proudly singing in the forest.
Vânătorul s-o sculatu
The hunter woke up.
Haida ler, leru-i ler
Go on, ler. Ler is ler
Puşca-n mână şi-o luatu.
He took his shotgun.
După cerb o alergatu
He chased the deer.
Haida ler, leru-i ler
Go on, ler. Ler is ler
Sus în munte l-o aflatu.
He cought it up up in the mountains.
Stai, fârtat, nu mă-mpuşca
Wait, friend, don't shoot me.
Haida ler, leru-i ler
Go on, ler. Ler is ler
Lasă mie viaţa.
Spare my life
Că nu-s fiara fiarelor
Because I'm not the beast of the beasts.
Haida ler, leru-i ler
Go on, ler. Ler is ler
Ci-s vătaful oilor.
I'm the ruler of the sheep,
Oilor, cornutelor
Of the majestic-horned sheep
Haida ler, leru-i ler
Go on, ler. Ler is ler
Din vârfuţul munţilor.
From the top of the mountains,
Munţilor, cărunţilor
Of the hoary mountains,
Haida ler, leru-i ler
Go on, ler. Ler is ler
Munţilor, cărunţilor.
Of the hoary mountains.