The World (Zmaj)

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The World
by Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj, translated by Wikisource
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Serbian English
Свет

Ала је леп
овај свет, –
онде поток,
онде цвет;
тамо њива,
овде сад;
ено сунца,
ево хлад;
тамо Дунав
злата пун,
онде трава,
овде жбун.
Славуј пева,[1]
не знам гди, –
овде срце,
овде ти!

 World

How nice is
this world around, -
here's a meadow,[2][3]
flowers abound;[3]
there's a field,[3]
and there a glade;[3]
there is sun,
and here a shade;
There is Danube
with gold laden,
there is grass,
and here a garden.[4]
A nightingale[1]
sings its tune.[5]
Here's my heart,
and here are you.

[edit] Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 A popular version of the song is:

    A nightingale
    sings its lolliby.
    We listen it,
    my friend and I.
  2. ↑ In original: a garden.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 These verses have been reordered in translation for the sake of rhyme. Literal translation is: there's a stream, there a flower, there a field and here a meadow.
  4. ↑ In original: a bush.
  5. ↑ In original: I don't know where.
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