Cîntec şoptit [English translation]

1. I once killed a sparrow

I shot at her with a slingshot and struck her.

Then a day and an entire night

I still cried and I still mourned for her.

2. My mother didn't beat me, she didn't scold me.

I was holding a piece of bread in my hand.

"In vain" she said to me, "In vain you still cry"

"What you killed, remains slain."

3.Later I grew into a young man

I fell madly in love with a girl.

I don't know why, one day she died

And another day she was buried.

4. I don't shoot at sparrows with slingshots any more,

I don't go to any more burials.

The sun sets behind some hills

And rises in flames from the sea.