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Bosnia-Herzegovina Plavi orkestar - Stambol, Pešta, Bečlija 1985 Noah

STAMBOL, PEŠTA, BEČLIJA
music & lyrics: Saša Lošić

Kad sam bio vojnik ja
Im'o četu drugova
Čovjeka do čovjeka
Ruku da za svakoga

Imao sam drugara
Uža sinjska krajina
Vina, blitve, pršuta
Nikad kraja pričama

Bilo Stambol, Pešta, Bečlija
Svi su ljudi ovdje isti
Stambol, Pešta, Bečlija
Svi su ljudi ovdje dobri

Imao sam drugara
Dole preko Vardara
Duša je od čovjeka
Spojila nas mastika

Imao sam jarana
Gore ispod Višnjika
Mezili smo dana dva
Šljivka dušu otvara

Bilo Stambol, Pešta, Bečlija
Svi su ljudi ovdje isti
Stambol, Pešta, Bečlija
Svi su ljudi ovdje dobri

Im'o sam burazera
Negdje oko Bečeja
Meka duša - pogača
Al' vatra je u žilama.

Moj drug ispod Triglava
Posvadi nas Slovenka
Suze roni gora sva
Ne govore brata dva

Bilo Stambol, Pešta, Bečlija
Svi su ljudi ovde isti
Stambol, Pešta, Bečlija
Svi su ljudi ovde dobri

Svoga druga ne
Ne daj nikome
.
ISTANBUL, BUDAPEST, VIENNER


When I was a soldier
Had a band of comrades
Man next to man
Give hand to each one

I had a friend
From around the Sinj frontier
Mangold, wine and prosciutto
Never-ending stories

Whether Istanbul, Budapest, Vienner
Everybody is all the same
Istanbul, Budapest, Vienner
Everybody is good here

I had a friend
Over the Vardar river
Warm-hearted man
Brought together by mastika

I had a buddy
From below Višnjik
Ate and drank for two days
Šljivka opens the soul

Whether Istanbul, Budapest, Vienner
Everybody is all the same
Istanbul, Budapest, Vienner
Everybody is good here

I had a brother
Somewhere by Bečej
Kind soul, like warm bread
Fire flows through veins

My friend below Triglav
Argued over a Slovenian girl
The whole forest wheeps
Two brothers not speaking

Whether Istanbul, Budapest, Vienner
Everybody is all the same
Istanbul, Budapest, Vienner
Everybody is good here

Never, ever
Give up your friend


Sinj - town in western Croatia
Vardar - river in Macedonia
mastika - alcoholic drink
Višnjik - a Sarajevo neighborhood
šljivka - alcoholic drink
Bečej - town in Vojvodina, Serbia
Triglav - mountain in Slovenia

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