Ode dite from ODE DITE by Adam Semijalac

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Otac pije pa nam viče
Niš mu nije
Niš mu nije
Mati plače na livadi
Crnu zemlju šakom grabi
Dedo pijan stari leži
Kucak gladan
Reži reži
Laj laj
Baba prede vunu staru
Trune dunja na ormaru
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Pitali smo tetku staru
Što to truli na ormaru
Nit je dunje nit je kruva
Ladan vitar vani duva
Kucak laje, bijeli zubi
Majka dite sad izgubi
Bog ti jeba mater milu
Šta ga uze ti na silu?

Hej!!

Plače mati, otac muči
Vrati nan se mali kući
Milo snivaj dite moje
Bogu dajem suze svoje

Jeeee!!!

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ROUGH/LITERAL TRANSLATION

A CHILD IS GONE

A child has gone so swiftly
Underground
Underground

Father drinks and shouts at us:
“It’s ok, nothing is wrong with the child!”
Mother is crying on the meadow
Grabbing dirt with her fist
Old grandpa is lying drunk
A hungry dog is growling and growling
Bark bark!
Grandma is spinning old wool
A quince is rotting on the cupboard
A child has gone underground
So swiftly!

We asked the old aunt
“What's that rotting on the cupboard?”
The quince is gone and so is the bread
A cold wind is blowing outside
Dog barks, white teeth
Mother lost the child now
God fucked your dear mother (common Balkan swearing)
Why did you take him by force?

Mother is crying, father is mute
Come back home, little one
Sweet dreams, my child
I give my tears to God

A child has gone so swiftly
Underground
Underground

• Blues
• folk
• indie
• roots
• singer-songwriter
• Zagreb