Balada Românului [English translation]

I use the music as a shield

Earned after long years, not after a night out gambling

And I’m addressing in particular to the young people

It’s an identity crisis, a national phenomenon

In the background the same damaged record is playing

I want to do good for this entire world

And I don’t need any proof

When I sing or listen to a ballad

I know it’s the spark from the garbage

That will light up the faith that Romania starts from us

And I don’t want to be your conscience

I just want you to learn from your mistakes, but wait

People will misunderstand me

Look at those tired Romanian faces

I have national spirit, but I’m not a fanatic

The folklore is oxygen for an asthmatic country.

My past and present define me as a Romanian

Even though I’m atypical in the way I’m saying it

My name says nothing, my papers do

And lately I’d wish my actions did

I have firs as cousins and spruces as brothers

And people around the country call us the SubCarpathians

When I say language, you say Romanian

Romanian language, Romanian language.

The folklore is oxygen for an asthmatic country.

(Hit it)

My past and present define me as a Romanian

Even though I’m atypical in the way I’m saying it

My name says nothing, my papers do

And lately I’d wish my actions did

I have firs as cousins and spruces as brothers

And people around the country call us the SubCarpathians

When I say language, you say Romanian

Language, Romanian language.

• Artist:Subcarpați