Uspavanka
Lullaby
Jednom sam biojako daleko,tamo gdje tečemed i mlijeko.
Once I went travellingfar, far away,where milk and honeyflow every day.
Plivao sam, djeco,preko devet gorai pješice prešaosva tri Crna mora.
I swam, little children,nine mountains through,and walked on foot acrossthe three Black Seas too.
U toj čudnoj zemljisve je za badava,uz hranu i pićeposluga je prava.
In that strange countryall things are free,with food and with drinkserved as nice as can be.
Mlijeka dobiješkod starog kokosa,od pekmeza budešumazan do nosa.
Milk you can getwhere the old coconut grows,and jam will smear youright up to your nose.
Naranče bereš,smokve i grožđe,banana samado tebe dođe.
You pick oranges,grapes and figs galore,and a bananacomes up to your door.
Zrele se kruškesame tebi nude,a kajsije sočneapetit bude.
Ripe pears will offerthemselves for a bite,and juicy apricotswake your appetite.
Lubenice slatkei dinje žute,ako ih nećeš,one se ljute.
Sweet watermelons,melons of gold:if you refuse them,they grumble and scold.
Na grani viseslatke čokolade,datulje medneusta ti slade.
From the branches hangchocolates so sweet,and honeyed datesgive your mouth a treat.
Tamo na travijagoda sjedi,ananas viče:jedi me, jedi!
There on the grassa strawberry sits,a pineapple shouts:"Eat me! Eat me to bits!"
Umjesto lišćarastu bomboni,a zrakom letedječji baloni.
Instead of leavescandies grow on the trees,and children's balloonsfly off on the breeze.
Igračke raznečekaju tebe,plišane medei razne bebe.
Toys of all kindswait for you there,dolls by the dozenand a plush teddy bear.
Čeka te čarobnaljuljačka snova,u san te uljuljauspavanka ova.
A magical swingof dreams waits on high,and you're rocked off to sleepby this lullaby.