nu stiu mama ce-i cu mine de nu mai am stare I don't know, mum, what's the matter with me,I can't be calm am vazut o tigancusa frumusete mare/I saw a little gypsy- a great beauty s-a uitat la mine si nu-mi gasesc locu/She looked at me and I can't find my place pentru ea inima in piept imi arde ca focu/For her, the heart in my chest burns like fire s-a uitat la mine si nu-mi gasesc locu/She looked at me and I can't find my place pentru ea inima in piept imi arde ca focu/For her, the heart in my chest burns like fire
alo alo alo sukara ii tiganca mea/Alo, alo, my gypsy is cool iti jur mama ca acasa nu vin fara ea/I swear to you, mother, that I won't come home without her alo alo alo alo ca mi-ai furat inima/Alo, alo, alo, alo because you stole my heart esti ce-a mai frumoasa fata din Romania/You're the most beautiful girl in Romania
scoate tata aurul si banii din banca/ Dad, bring the gold and the money from the bank ca vreau sa-ti aduc acasa o nora tiganca/ Because I want to bring you a gypsy daughter-in-law iti vand calu si caruta daca nu-mi dai banii/I'll sell your horse and your cart sa ma insor sa bag in boala tata toti dusmanii/ To get married, to make all my enemies envious ("a baga in boala" can not be translated and refers to making your enemies so envious that they become sick)
s-a uitat la mine si nu-mi gasesc locu/She looked at me and I can't find my place pentru ea inima in piept imi arde ca focu/For her, the heart in my chest burns like fire
alo alo alo sukara ii tiganca mea/Alo, alo, my gypsy is cool iti jur mama ca acasa nu vin fara ea/I swear to you, mother, that I won't come home without her alo alo alo alo ca mi-ai furat inima/Alo, alo, alo, alo because you stole my heart esti ce-a mai frumoasa fata din Romania/You're the most beautiful girl in Romania