Valurile Dunării [English translation]

The boat floats gently on the waves

But who hums a longing song?

No, it's not wind nor the Danube

It's the rower and his ballad.

A wave bears the chant lazily

To the shore, like a water lily

Toward the girl who waits and sighs

And the hours pass one by one.

When the first star is shining in the sky

And when the Morning Star will doze

The silent boat sits under willow trees

And the girl will embrace him.

Their story is now a dance

It's a melody of a waltz.

Danube sings and leads it

On her wave of silver.

We long and we sing the song

The years bring it on their wing

And another girl will call

Another lad under a new star.

~ ~ ~

The boat floats gently on the waves

But who hums a longing song?

A wave bears the chant lazily

To the shore, like a water lily

Toward the girl who waits and sighs

And the hours pass one by one.

The boat floats gently on the waves…