Cântecul ceasornicarului [English translation]

Summer goes, leaving fast memories

Like some rains.

Eternal is the second within us,

Through which you exist and breathe.

And I went on the way at dawn

Towards that watchmaker

Hai li, hai li, hai lo

Which measures the lives

With a pocket watch

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

I asked him to give me my second

To marry with it

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

My heart was beating rapidly,

Incessantly in my chest,

Hai li, hai li, hai lo,

So he looked at it as it was a watch

Far too complicated,

Hai li, hai li, hai lo,

And he told me he will cure it

Maybe after a century

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

Summer goes, leaving fast memories

Like some rains.

Eternal is the second within us,

Through which you exist and breathe.

As if he had not been

Aware of my life,

Hai li, hai li, hai lo,

The craftsman was watching, alas,

His huge bazaar

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

Only the eternal ticking

It pleased him,

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

But I didn't go in vain

To the watchmaker,

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

The time was grinding outside

And I tied it to the pole,

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

And I took my second

Which was waiting for me

Hai li, hai li, hai lo.

Summer goes, leaving fast memories

Like some rains.

Eternal is the second within us,

Through which you exist and breathe.

Even the mountains find themselves, one day,

Simple and green plains.

You must take your second,

Be eternal through it.

The second is your bride.

• Artist:Mircea Baniciu