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

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