Prayer for parents

Romanian → English translation for the song "Ruga pentru parinti" by Stefan Hrusca lyrics

Submitted by Levier on Mon, 09/21/2009 - 08:58


Romanian

Ruga pentru parinti

Enigmatici si cuminţi
Terminîndu-şi rostul lor
Lîngă noi se sting şi mor
Dragii noştri, dragi părinţi.
Cheamă-i Doamne, înapoi
Că şi-aşa au dus-o prost
Şi fă-i tineri cum au fost
Fă-i mai tineri decît noi.

Pentru cei ce ne-au făcut
Dă un ordin, dă ceva
Sa-i mai poţi întîrzia
Să o ia de la-nceput.
Au plătit cu viaţa lor
Ale fiilor erori
Doamne, fă-i nemuritori
Pe părinţii care mor.

Ia priviţi-i cum se duc
Ia priviţi-i cum se sting
Lumînări în cuib de cuc
Parcă tac şi parcă ning.
Plini de boli şi suferinţi
Ne întoarcem în pămînt
Cît mai sîntem, cît mai sînt,
Mîngîiaţi-i pe părinţi.

E pămîntul tot mai greu
Despărţirea-i tot mai grea
Sărut mîna, tatăl meu!
Sărut mîna, mama mea!
Dar de ce priviţi aşa
Fata mea şi fiul meu
Eu sînt cel ce va urma
Dragii mei mă duc şi eu.

Sărut mîna, tatăl meu!
Sărut mîna, mama mea!
Rămas bun, băiatul meu!
Rămas bun, fetita mea!
Tatăl meu, băiatul meu,
Mama mea, fetïţa mea!

English

Prayer for parents

Mysterious and serene
finishing their purpose
beside us they lay and die,
our dear, dear parents.
God, call them back,
they've led an unhappy life,
and make them young as they were,
make them younger than we are.

For those who made us
give an order, do something
to delay them
so they can start over.
They paid with their life
for their children's errors
God, grant immortality
to the parents that die.

Look at them going
look at them fading away.
Candles in a cuckoo's nest
seem to be silent and seem to snow.
Full of disease and in pain
we return in the earth.
As long as we are, as long as they are
Honor your parents.

The earth is hanging heavier and heavier
departing is getting harder and harder.
I kiss your hand, my father
I kiss your hand, my mother
but why are you looking at me like that
my daughter and my son?
I'm the one to follow
My dearest, I'm going as well

I kiss your hand, my father
I kiss your hand, my mother
Good bye, my son
Good bye, my daughter
My father, my son
My mother, my daughter

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Author's comment: "Sarut mana!" in Romanian literally translates to "i kiss your hand" and is a common greeting when greeting either women or elderly persons, it refers to the act of kissing one's hand to show respect, also a common gesture in Romania.