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Original lyrics
Elma
Elma...
Rasla mi je dunja
Na sred Džehenema
Umrla je lijepa Elma
Od verema*
Umrla je lijepa Elma
Od verema
Neka spava
Ne budite
Njena glava
Njene grudi te
Što su me čekale
Što su me sanjale
I zorom pratile
Rane mi vidale
I suze ridale
Za me se molile
Neka spava
Ne budite
Njena glava
Njene grudi te
Što su me čekale
Što su me sanjale
I zorom pratile
Rane mi vidale
I suze ridale
Za me se molile
Nek' mi oči nikad više
Sunca ne vide
Samo nek' se mojoj Elmi
Džennet otkrije
Samo nek' se mojoj Elmi
Džennet otkrije
Neka spava
Ne budite
Njena glava
Njene grudi te
Što su me čekale
Što su me sanjale
I zorom pratile
Rane mi vidale
I suze ridale
Za me se molile
Neka spava
Ne budite
Njena glava
Njene grudi te
Što su me čekale
Što su me sanjale
I zorom pratile
Rane mi vidale
I suze ridale
Za me se molile
Elma...
Submitted by Igor Marić on 2017-03-03
Translation
Elma
Elma...
There was a quince
In the middle of Hell
Dead was fairy Elma
Dead of heartache
Dead was fairy Elma
Dead of heartache
Let her sleep
Don't wake her
Her head
Her breasts
They waited for me
They dreamed of me
They escorted me
Treated my wounds
And cried over them
While praying for me
Let her sleep
Don't wake her
Her head
Her breasts
They waited for me
They dreamed of me
They escorted me
Treated my wounds
And cried over them
While praying for me
Take my eyesight
And sunlight
Just open for Elma
Gates of Heaven
Just open for Elma
Gates of Heaven
Let her sleep
Don't wake her
Her head
Her breasts
They waited for me
They dreamed of me
They escorted me
Treated my wounds
And cried over them
While praying for me
Let her sleep
Don't wake her
Her head
Her breasts
They waited for me
They dreamed of me
They escorted me
Treated my wounds
And cried over them
While praying for me
Elma...
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Comments
*VEREM: 1. reg. tuberkuloza, sušica; 2. psih. stanje duboke sjete, duboka tuga kojoj se ne zna pravi razlog, početak ni kraj; tuga pregolema.