They stood you in a corner, you were a young palikari,
they stood you in a corner, they were four soldiers.
They stood you in a corner, they took aim at your heart,
they stood you in a corner, it was a morning with a frost.
Life was waiting for you, so was a long-suffering mother,
and you turned, that morning, into a red lily in the yard.
They stood you in a corner, and your fate was weeping beside you
they stood you in a corner, and Charos too had a gun.
They stood you in a corner, you were looking at them smiling,
they stood you in a corner, it was a morning with a frost.