- Voi lai dzionji, voi lai maratsă,
- You poor lads,
loclu tutu lai lu alăgatsă,
you're travelling all over the place:
Pri Vlăhie, shi pi tu Sirbie,
Through Wallachia, Through Serbia
shi pi tu shcreta di Amerikie...
and even through the God forsaken America...
S'nu vidzutu lai dzionli anjieu,
Have you seen my man,
dzionli anjieu mushiat ca soare?
my Sun-like beautiful man?
- Ts'ul vidzutu, ts'ul cunuscumu,
- We saw him, we knew him well,
sh'amanete lai ts'adutsemu.
he left something for you.
Sh'amanete lai ts'adutsemu - dzatse,
He left something for you - ten
dausprădz, d'inglizeshti.
and another twelve british coins.
Dzatse s'lji dats ali mane,
Give ten coins to my mother
shi dausprădz s'lji dats ali nveaste.
and twelve coins to my wife.
Dzitsets lji laia shi mărită,
Tell my poor wife to find herself another husband,
cash lji fu tihia ngrăpsită.
that is her unfortunate fate.
Cash lji tu tihia ngrăpsită,
Such a unfortunate fate,
di dau oare ta'shi mărită.
she has to marry a second time.