Kaži mi, kaži
Kaži mi, kaži
Kaži mi, kaži,
Kako da te zovem;
Kaži mi, kakvo
Ime da ti dam, -
Hoću li reći:
"Diko", ili "snago",
Ili ću "lane",
Ili "moje blago";
Hoću li "dušo",
Ili "moje drago" -
Kaži mi, kakvo
Ime da ti dam!
Sve su to mila
Imena i lepa
Kojima Srbin
Svome zlatu tepa;
Al’ ja bih proveo
Čitav jedan vek,
Tražeći lepše,
Dičnije i slađe,
Milije ime,
Što još ne ču svet,
Da njim nazovem
Moj rumeni cvet.
Tell Me, Tell
Tell me, tell,
How should I call you;
Tell me, which
Name I should give you, -
Will I my "pride"
Or my "strength" veneer,
Or will I "treasure"
Or "my little deer",
Will I "soul",
or "my dear" -
Tell me, which
name I should give you!
Each of these is a sweet
And beautiful name
with which a Serb
His gold will nickname;
But I would spend
One entire life
Searching for a beautier,
Prouder and sweeter,
Dearer name,
by the world unheard,
to call by it
my flower yet furled.
(Translated by: Nikola Smolenski. Published
under the Creative Commons Attribution-