Deda [English translation]

Deda1, Deda, listen to me

The things we don't dare to say to each other

The roses we don't dare to offer to each other

Lest they prick our fingers

Here they are

Deda, Deda

I owe it to you

Deda...Deda

You who sometimes talked about the time

Where you fled from the horror of the grenades

I imitated the Belgrade accent

And mocked me like a child

Like the child

Deda, Deda

Of your child

Deda...Deda

Come on, give me your hand Deda

Deda

Don't say anything if you don't know what Deda

Deda

Not a word, few gestures and then

Was I too young or you too old

So that I didn't see love in your eyes

Who was there quietly?

And I grew up

Deda, Deda

I made my life

Deda...Deda

Until one of my birthdays

Where they came out like a confession

The words that stayed too quiet

You told me you were proud,

Without seeming to be,

Deda

To be my grandfather

Deda

Come on, give me your hand Deda

Deda

Don't say anything if you don't know what Deda

Deda

Come on, give me your hand Deda

Deda

Don't say anything if you don't know what Deda

Deda

You had celebrated twenty-two summers

Before leaving your country

I blew out twenty-two candles

Before I went to sing my life

That makes at least one thing in common

Between you and me

Deda

Come on, give me your hand Deda

Deda

Don't say anything if you don't know what Deda

Deda

Come on, give me your hand Deda

Deda

Don't say anything, it suits you so well Deda

Deda

1. Grandpa, Grampa, Pop in Serbian, her paternal grandfather came from Serbia

• Artist:Barbara Pravi
• Album:Barbara Pravi (2018)