Regruteska [English translation]

Oh, my son

You remember mother only vaguely

A benevolent shadow over the crib

Your memories begin too late

I listen for the flutter of angels' wings

Hopefully I will know how to find her

Don't mind me

I moved our home like a gypsy tent

My baby talk smelled of wine

I gave her things away

Every holiday passed in silence

I couldn't escape myself

Everything stopped, only life went by

Oh, my son, her blue eyes

The day has come for you to join the army

Strange feasts are celebrated in these parts

Oh my son, how can I let you go

You're all that I have left of her

Where are you going with those thick eyelashes

Life really doesn't know when it's enough, hey

Just listen to them

That go to sleep with a war cry

They sing praises to daggers

They sing, and then they run away

The times have turned from bad to worse

They gave the upper hand to the worst

Oh, my son

Daddy will buy you bagpipes

A guitar with a mother-of-pearl bridge

Girls will bud in front of our house

Let dust hang over the street

When the skirt battalion is on the march

Everything stopped, only life went by

Oh my son, her blue eyes

The day has come for you to join the army

Rabble-rousers are having a ball

Oh my son, those are all scoundrels

I won't let go off my bunch of forget-me-nots

Listen, kid, stick to your old man

You weren't made for this misery and sorrow, damn.

• Artist:Đorđe Balašević
• Album:Naposletku (1996)