Kad je bio mrak

Kad je bio mrak,  kad je bio mrak,  pojurila mačka miša  čak, čak, čak.  Pojurila mačka miša  čak, čak, čak.  A da l' ga je progutala 

il' ga nije progutala 

to ni ona nije znala 

jer je bio mrak, 

jer je bio mrak... 

Kad je bio mrak 

STOCKDUNKEL WAR ES

Stockdunkel war es, 

stockdunkel war es, 

hinter der Maus tigerte die Katz, 

kratz, kratz, kratz. 

Hinter der Maus tigerte die Katz, 

kratz, kratz, kratz. 

Ob die Katz die Maus verschlang 

oder nicht verschlang, 

wusst´ die Katze selber nicht, 

weil es stockdunkel war, 

weil es stockdunkel war… 

(Aus dem Serbischen von Mascha Dabić; Source: lyrikline)

Then When It Was Dark

Then when it was dark,

Then when it was dark,

The cat sprinted after a mouse,

Hark, hark, hark,

The cat sprinted after a mouse,

Hark, hark, hark.

And did she then swallow it,

or didn't she swallow it

Even she could not have known it,

Because it was dark,

Because it was dark...

(Translated  by Slobodan Cekic)

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