Na polju gde se čavke čavče

Na polju gde se čavke čavče

Na polju gde se čavke čavče

U onom gustom spletu trava

Rodi se jedno plavo mravče

Među milion žutih mrava

Mravi imaju poslove preče

Plav se rodio pa šta s time

ali mravuljak odlučno reče

IZVINITE ME HOĆU IME

Nadenuše mu neko imence

Nit' zapevaše nit' se napiše

Al' vrisnu opet mravlje detence

DANAŠNJI DATUM DA SE ZAPIŠE

Ljutnu se na to glavna mravčina

ŽELIŠ LI MALI DA TE SMLAVIM

Mravče odvrati TRAŽIM NAČINA

DA MOGU ROĐENDAN SVOJ DA SLAVIM

Mravlji poglavar izvadi mapu

I žvrljnu nešto u registar

AKO JE TAKO - SKIDAM KAPU

JESI TVRDOGLAV ALI SI BISTAR

On The Broad Field Where Jackdaws Lay

On the broad field where jackdaws lay

There in that densely knotted grass

A little blue ant was born one day

Among a million of yellow ants

All ants were busy so they spread

He was born blue--that's not a shame

But the blue ant stood up and said

EXCUSE ME PLEASE I WANT A NAME

They gave him a name for the sake

They didn't party or dance around

But the blue ant put all at stake

I WANT TODAY'S DATE WRITTEN DOWN

The great big ant was very mad

WANNA GET CRUSHED BEFORE YOU GREW

I SEEK A WAY the blue ant said

TO HAVE A BIRTHDAY PARTY TOO

The chief picked up a book and sat

And scrabbled something widely apart

IF THAT'S SO--I TAKE OFF MY HAT

YOU ARE STUBBORN BUT ALSO SMART

[Translation: Dragana Konstantinović]