Ringišpil [English translation]

It's been pouring since this morning, from 4am-5am

The sky1 decided to submerge the world

Over the city, for days,

same scenery hangs

The rain is pouring

but that's her craft

everything is flat for me

like North Banat2

more or less

both with rain and without rain

Time drags on like a freight train

where should I go tonight

As usual, waiter

"un café Macciato", of course

Time passes

but that's his manner

and it’s all shallow

like a tin plate

damn picture3

no sails in sight

Oh, come on, turn around

that carousel in my head

no one knows that, only you

Without you, little wooden horses

sadly stand

come, appear from the blue bottle

fulfil at least one wish

and add a little bit of colour to the world,

my miracle

The evening is shaking

like an overripe corncob

tough times

and I'm a tough guy

gravity takes its toll

right away

I'm a poor player

for Saturday crowd

but I understand a little bit

those movable sponges

someone drunk

more easily serves the sentence called life

I am stopping, I am giving up

it presses me like an iron

Call me, show up

add a little bit of street organ4 to the world

You used to amaze me

today you would be so good for me

add a little bit of madness

add a little bit of street organ to the world

1. "nebo" in Serbian can both mean sky or heaven here2. North Banat is a region in north part of Serbia (Vojvodina), a part of Pannonian Plain which is completely flat without any mountain or hill3. Here the expression "izeš ..." is a type of curse more often used in Vojvodina. It comes from the verb "izesti" which means "to eat", but in this expression "izeš to", has the meaning close to "fuck that" but it is less vulgar.4. Street organ is an automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_organ)

• Artist:Đorđe Balašević