Pokušaj
BIH 2008 Eurovision Song
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je pjevač Laka)
(Ne klepeći nanulama)
(Nemoj da se praviš dama)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je lično Laka)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Dok ti ljubav nije jaka)
Na moju omiljenu foru
Prevarim faunu i floru
Da život nije postao u moru
Nego od ljubavi
Ljubavi, ljubavi
Od ljubavi
Kolike protračismo dane
Ležeći, jedući banane
Pa spadosmo na niske grane
Bez ljubavi
Ljubavi, ljubavi
Bez ljubavi
Pokušaću da te poljubim a ti se pravi luda
Pokušaću da te poljubim a ti se pravi luda
Pokušaću da te probudim a ti se pravi budna
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je pjevač Laka)
(Ne klepeći nanulama)
(Nemoj da se praviš dama)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je lično Laka)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Dok ti ljubav nije jaka)
Pokušaću da te poljubim a ti se pravi luda
Pokušaću da te poljubim a ti se pravi luda
Pokušaću da te probudim a ti se pravi budna
Pokušaću da te poljubim a ti se pravi luda
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je pjevač Laka)
Pokušaću da te poljubim a ti se pravi luda
(Ne klepeći nanulama)
(Nemoj da se praviš dama)
Pokušaću da te probudim a ti se pravi budna
English Translation
Try
(Don’t come down from the stabbur)
(I was told by Laka, the singer)
(Don’t rattle with sandals)
(Don’t pretend to be a lady)
(Don’t come down from the stabbur)
(Personally Laka told me)
(Don’t come down from the stabbur)
(Until your love is strong)
With my favorite trick
I spoof fauna and flora
that life wasn’t created in the sea
but out of love
love, love
Out of love
How many days we’ve ran over
lying down, eating bananas
so we fell onto lower branches
Without love
love, love
Without love
I will try to kiss you and you act stupid
I will try to kiss you and you act stupid
I will try to kiss you and you act stupid
I will try to wake you up and you pretend to be awake
(Don’t come down from the stabbur)
(I was told by Laka, the singer)
(Don’t rattle with sandals)
(Don’t pretend to be a lady)
(Don’t come down from the stabbur)
(Personally Laka told me)
(Don’t come down from the stabbur)
(Until your love is strong)
I will try to kiss you and you act stupid
I will try to kiss you and you act stupid
I will try to wake you up and you pretend to be awake
I will try to kiss you and you act stupid
(Don’t come down from the stabbur)
(I was told by Laka, the singer)
I will try to kiss you and you act stupid
(Don’t rattle with sandals)
(Don’t pretend to be a lady)
I will try to wake you up and you pretend to be awake
English Version
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POKUŠAJ (ENGLISH VERSION)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je pjevač Laka)
(Ne klepeći nanulama)
(Nemoj da se praviš dama)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je lično Laka)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Dok ti ljubav nije jaka)
‘Cause we are living in a wacky world
I don’t have to be a wacky boy
But I gotta play a rock’n'roll
Just for the sake of love
Sake of love, sake of love
For the sake of love
We’re always waiting for the better life
Money’s the funky thing for which we strive
And it is very hard for us to see
That love is the key
Love is the key, love is the key
Love is the key
I’m gonna try to kiss you, please act like you don’t know why
I’m gonna try to kiss you, please act like you don’t know why
I’m gonna try to wake you up but you’re acting like you already are
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je pjevač Laka)
(Ne klepeći nanulama)
(Nemoj da se praviš dama)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Rek’o mi je lično Laka)
(Ne silazi sa čardaka)
(Dok ti ljubav nije jaka)
I’m gonna try to kiss you, please act like you don’t know why
I’m gonna try to kiss you, please act like you don’t know why
I’m gonna try to wake you up but you’re acting like you already are
I’m gonna try to kiss you, please act like you don’t know why
(I’m gonna try to kiss you)
(I’m gonna try to kiss you)
I’m gonna try to kiss you, please act like you don’t know why
(I’m gonna try to kiss you)
(I’m gonna try to kiss you)
I’m gonna try to wake you up but you’re acting like you already are
Thanks Drinica!
ejjj laka..ajd sretno na Eurosongu..i chekamo Ewropu u Sarajewu =)
I have been recently in Sarajevo and have to say its on a special way a very nice song to hear…
greetings from Belgium.
pesma je vrhh navijam za laku i da sledece godine ne odemo daleko sa erusongom samo do sarajeva:D:D
glasacu za tebe laka…
Absolutely fantastic. I really hope Bosnia win this year and I hope they sing the Bosnian version rather than the English one on the magical night.
What a well-behaved chicken! I love this song.
pjesma je fantasticna…..moj favorit….obozavam je….navijam za vas!!!!!!:)))))
I have fell so totally in love with this song. Love that English-version too, but Bosnian-version is better. I really hope they get a lot of points and could win this thing this year.
If I can help it, Finland will give 12 points to them.
laka najbolji si pjevač za mene a za druge neznam ona pjesma pokušaj ti je najbolja eto toliko od mene…..pozdrav
just saw them in Belgrade at the opening for Eurovision at the Castle. they stood out from the rest. when they started, everyone was like what the fuck is this? and by the second paragraph, everyone went crazy. My favourite contender this year.
Song 13. Disaster! Though, audience loves this creep and I better not comment any more!
Pokusacu da ga ne izvredjam najstrasnije a vi se pravite ludi…
Wooooo, ludnica, prosli smo u finale!!! To Laka majstore! Ma bice ovo odlican plasman, garant!
Najludji mi je bio kad je odjednom iskocio iz one korpe XD
bog me pomozi :s ova pjesma je grozna!!!! zasto je to proslo u finalu….bogami slovenia je bila bolja!!!
Elvir made a beautiful song, awesome! Wish him all the best and success in Eurovision contest. I’ll vote for him, of course
Many thanks for sharing the lyrics here!
Geno from band O.X., Bulgaria
Radim u jednoj osnovnoj skoli i predajem muzicko,i verujte mi da moja deca pisu bolje tekstove nego sto je Lakina brojalica.Stidim se sto predstavlja zemlju gde zivim.nadam se da ostatak sveta nece da pomisli da smo svi kao i on ludi.I sto bi rekao jedan Grcki filozof,-Kakva muzika,takva drzava!-
ne mogu da verujem da od onakvog kretena prave medijsku licnost i kuju ga u zvezde,nemoguce da smo na to spali.mora da su mu umesto trave dali origano da pusi.sve na svetu ima neku poruku a mene zivo zanima koja je njegova?sva sreca da mogu da okrenem kanal a ne da gledam izivljavanje frustriranog psihopate.Mozda bi ovaj spo razumele Suzana Mancic,Severina i Karleusa jer ne umeju da pevaju.
Nece svet da misli da ste ludi… Svet se seca Harija
I, druga stvar… molim kriticara da ne stavlja Severinu u isti kos sa gore pomenutima (i pogotovo ne sa Lakom) jer je to apsolutno besmisleno a da ne kazem i da se moze smatrati teskom uvredom za nju!
E sad.. Karleusa.. moram da kazem da sam (za promenu) prijatno iznenadjena sto Srbiji ni na pamet nije palo da posalje tako nesto te da, upravo suprotno, imamo pesmu na koju mozemo biti ponosni!
samo tako laka i da ako bog da osvojimo bolji rezultat tj pbjedu nek puknu dusmani ali blesavi laka ‘ude bogami u finale s “brojalicom kako to pojedini zovu samo tako legendo
LAka je ljudi majstor. Pa sta je bre s vama. Muzika je haos. ON je orginalan ljudi. gledjauci njegovu numeru sedis cele tri minute i ocekujes sta ce sldece da se desi za razliku od ostalih numera zbog kojih je covek u stanju ugasiti TV i otici lepo u krevet. Kreativno, Moderno, novo ….jednostavno GO LAKA GO……Serbia is with you…Nek pokusaju da te shvate at se pravi lud
Shame Lakica but I was embarrassed watching it! And I will be even more if Serbia gives him 12 points! I cant expect no votes for him since this is Serbia BRE but.. omg!!!
I have no idea what most of the latest comments has been about but I don’t really like it, maybe with a better stage performance it would have been better.
***pokušatću da te poljubim,a ti se pravi ludaaa…***
pjesma je fora,čudna (na dobar način),super,vesela,mene uvijek nasmije i tak sam sretna dok je slušam,jednostavno uživam!!! Laka,svaka čast!!! nema šanse da ne pobijediš!!!!!!!!
kriticar i Dreana !!!! Nemate vi pojma o pojmu!!! Laka ima najbolju pjesmu!!! Samo kad bi znali slušat…i mislit…ali s čim…hmmm… Odmah morate prosuđivat ljude! A nedate priliku da se dokažu,a kad je dobiju (od nekog drugog) vi to samo popljujete!!! Pitam se dal ste opće čuli pjesmu…s otvorenim srcem,jer je vama očito srce zatvorena prema svemu. Ali,kriticar za ono na kraju u ima pravo,makar je Severina imala super pjesme,ali joj se nešto dogodilo,možemo samo pretpostavljat kaj… Ali,kakav god bio Laka (ja ne znam,kakv)…prvo poslušajte,a onda prosuđujte,jer svatko zaslažuje priliku,pa tako i on,a nadam se i vi!
hm jonti…
teramaster said he was happy that Laka was going to the finall etc
then Dreana noticed that Slovenia was better and wondered about the same thing most of us wonder - why did it reach the final?!
She also said - God help me, this song is awful! lol
Muzicarka and kriticar (same person btw) said that she teaches music in a school and that her pupils write better texts! She also said the rest of the world will think they are crazy so I told her that we wont lol
etc…
She also named “Pokusaj” - brojalica which is basically a kids song that goes 1, 2, 3.. something like that..
Lakica is full of praise saying that he is original.. that his performance makes you sit for entire 3 minutes wondering what will happen next while the other entries make people turn off the tv and go to bed…..
***my life is music also thinks that the song is cool and that the rest of us are clueless etc
I guess this is also one of those that people either love or hate..
Haha you didn’t really have to tell me all of that unless you wanted too but ok
and yea I think you are right, it’s probably something you either love or dislike.
oh I know how that is… some other languages around here are killing me! I think I will start approving only comments in English because it’s hard to figure out if people are saying nasty stuff when I don’t have a clue about the language lol
Love this song. <3 Do your best.
Ma Laka je legenda ljudi…jest da tekst i nije nesto i da je cudan i uvrnut ali ja mu se divim kao i veci dio BiH…jer kad tako inteligentan i fin covjek poput Lake se usudi da izadje pred citav svijet i pravi budalu od sebe da bi druge nasmijao…stvarno je legenda ziva…Go Laka,pobjeda je nasa..
Zboravih napisati za sve kriticare ako nisu znali da se svake godine nesto novo trazi na euroviziji i mislim da je ovo bas nesto novo i neobicno i da nikad nisu vidjeli ovako nesto a to i jest fazon,btw kriticari jestel culi aplauz na polufinalima najaci je bio a bili smo 3 u polifinalima…ne vjerujem da bi neka ludjacka pjesma bila cak 3 u polufinalima…
Finale smo i ocekivali sa Lakom ili nekim drugim…. a zasto ga ne bi podrzali kad ni mi sami ne bi bolje izveli tako nesto?! Svaka cast … tekst zahtjeva dublje shvatanje nego sto to neki mogu tako da nas negativni komentari ne iznenadjuju!! GO BOSNIA GO HERZEGOVINA!!!
Great Laka !!! Bosnia Winner !!!
This is far best song on this eurovision… It needs something new… and i think this is it… Good performance… I hope he will win…
Lakina pjesma je super(što se mene tiče).Zamolio bih ove kritičare da malo razmisle.E,a što mislite o pjesmi Crne Gore?Pjesma uopšte nije imala šanse.Onaj jadnik što je pjeva sav je izgledao prepadnut na sceni.Pjesma je baš tra,la,laa…Što se tiče favorita,moji favoriti su Jermenija i Srbija.Čujem da se Srbi baš i ne ponose svojom pjesmom.A Oro je odlična pjesma,stvarno ih ne shvatam?Zamolio bih nekoga da mi to objasni.
Laka,Sirusho i Jelena Tomašević su najboljiiiiiii…….
Nemanja, koji Srbi? Mada… nije iskljuceno…
Ali ako mene pitas, ova Evrovizija i Jelenina pesma su zaista nesto cime Srbija moze da se ponosi!
But in any case, this page is about Laka and not about Serbian entry and sorry but things like that absolutely don’t belong on Eurovision!
Unless if O julisi na jalini and the turkey could join it which is thankfully not the case
Ajdeee Lakaaaa eurosong 2008 —-> THE WINNER IS LAKA FROM BOSNIA
12 points from Switzerland hehe 
Admine možeš li da prevedeš ovo što si napisao?
Izvini Nemanja!
Rekla sam da je ova stranica o Laki a ne o srpskoj pesmi kao i “zao mi je ali takve stvari zaista ne pripadaju na Evroviziji osim ako bi O julisi na jalini i curan mogli da mu se pridruze sto na svu srecu nije slucaj”
Meni je pesma izvanredna…skroz u drugacijem fazonu od ostalih…Bosna je pokusala da plasira balade, ali nisu dovoljno jak utisak ostavili, koliko Laka sada svojim autenticnim nastupom, muzikom i RECIMA PESME. Poenta pesme, je da muskarci nisu nastali od majmuna, nego OD LJUBAVI, LJUBAVI OD LJUBAVI i da ne bi trebali sto se tice osecanja da se prave majmuni :))))
Toliko od mene!
It is a lovely, lovely song — so great to hear smth like that in euroviosion context of… of you know what
Finals
Song 6
More brides… Maybe Marija’s escort was supposed to tell us that Serbia will give 12 points to Laka?
Laka you really make me proud with this song you are a real ambasador of our wonderful Bosnia and Hercegovina……..Thank you no matter what happens in the end Love you….I also have to say that Serbia has am amazing Jelena and Oro is wonderful song …….Zenicanka
Really cool song! Love it! It makes me laugh and it is not like all the other songs. It stands out. You should have won!! But 10th place is great too..
Peace and love..
Hej Admin, as Laka is original with his song, such as u with your stupid sentences and thoughts. WHAT THE F**K DO U KNOW ABOUT ORIGINALITY? I’m sure u voted for Greece and that silicone awfull girly…
p.s. My vote for this year’s Eurovision went to Israel, bravo for Boaz!!!
Sorry for language, but I’m pissed off when somebody is sooo negative!
Hey Bosanac, ne seljaci se!
but I forgive you… especially because:
My vote also went to Israel!
At least we agree in something
Again, sorry for language, but next time please, measure your words and thoughts 
I cant measure my thoughts! Ah don’t complain, we did give you 12 points in the end
and I was really shocked with that bridal creep show beside Marija… What was that all about?! Maybe something related to the talks that she is gay?!
LOL
Hehe I dont complain about points of course, tnx to Serbia, we also gave u 12 points.
but let’s be honest, neither Laka or Jelena deserved 12 pints. So I come to Russia and this year’s winner.
SHAME! But it is sad that it is sooo not about quality, but about something so stupid in world, ppl just couldnt beat Russian block
p.s. Ej Admin, de me dodaj na msn: cajkoni@hotmail.com, ako nije bad
hocu svakako ali sad moram na spavanje!
Ajd LN, i cekam te na msn
hey have to say I voted for you and is very happy that these lyrics also comes in english.
what a happy and sweet sweet song, you should have won, and have to say that the Bosnian version caught my ear, but the close ( the dress) and the action on stage was a bit too much, but still much better than the britney spears look-a-like greece came with >.< but when I closed my eyes, the music was so sweet.
unfortunally did my 12 votes on you didnt help. ( here we could vote more than once.)
but I think if people could understand the song ( if it was in english) it would have a better chance, but still like the bosnian version is way better than the english.
and another thing; how nice to hear a song NOT in english, but in their own language, more of that next year, and less britney spears ( greece) and boybands copies ( russia…)
more real people like bosnia next year
and by the way, havent I heard russias song before? only with another lyric??? I could have svorn on it…
i got dizzy with the serbian comments hahaha, but i think is the same thing when i use my mains languages xD
Laka did it great at ESC, for me, is a very special song and the melody, is soooo good, i really not sure about the singer`s voice, but the music is just perfect…but in other half, i think that ESC is more used to Festival songs, ballads and dance-folk type of music, so probably like admin said, this type of songs dont belongs to Eurovision…now is time for the bosnian prove that ppl who think that are wrong
ti gore jadna profesorice u skoli, stvar je u filozofiji rijeci i dubljem razmisljanju koncepta, na zalost najnesretniji je covijek koji je slijepac pored zdravih ociju. Problem s Bosnom je sto u njoj jos zive ne prosvijetljeni ljudi zbog kojih je ta drzava stagnirana u svakom pogledu, pogotovo takvi kao vi sto nam ucite djecu o glupostima a ne znate pronaci pravo znacenje zivota i njegovih ljepota…. Kako moze dijete da zna interpretirati rijeci i situacije kada ima pogresnu podlogu od doticne osobe zasljepljene uciteljice kao sto je ova gore sa svojm plitkim komentarima…to je prava sramota sta nasi zaposljavaju…drago mi je da je eurovision song prosla i da napokon rezultati su tu, pa ti misli kako je sve to zapad interpretirao…ako si tako pametna…
great Bosnian song doesn’t sound Bosnian at all. Goodbye shaban saulic and welcome Laka
pesma za mlade!!!
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