If I had another chance tonight
I’d try to tell you that the things we had were right
Time can’t erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared

Now you’re gone, I’m really not the same,
I guess I have myself to blame
Time can’t erase the things we said
But it gives me time to realize that you’re the one instead

You know I won’t hold you back now
The love we had just can’t be found
You know I can’t hold you back now

Now that I’m alone it gives me time to think about the years that you were mine
Time can erase the love we shared
But it gives me time to realize just how much you cared

You know I won’t hold you back now
The love we had just can’t be found (Listen to me baby)
You know I can’t hold you back now

You know I won’t hold you back now
The love we had just can’t be found
You know I can’t hold you back now
The love we had just can’t be found

Prevod pesme

Neću te sputavati

Kad bih dobio još jednu šansu, večeras
Pokušao bih ti reći da je ono što smo imali bilo pravo
Našu ljubav vreme izbrisati ne može
Ali zato imam vremena da shvatim koliko ti je bilo stalo

Sada kad te nema, ja više stvarno nisam isti,
Pretpostavljam da sam sam kriv
Ono što smo izgovorili vreme izbrisati ne može
Ali to mi daje vremena da shvatim da ti si ona prava

Ti znaš da te ja sada neću sputavati
Ljubavi kakva je bila naša jednostavno nigde nema
Ti znaš da te ja sada ne mogu sputavati

Sada kad sam sam, imam vremena da razmislim o godinama kada bila si moja
Vreme ne može izbrisati našu ljubav
Ali zato imam vremena da shvatim koliko ti je bilo stalo

Ti znaš da te ja sada neću sputavati
Ljubavi kakva je bila naša jednostavno nigde nema (Slušaj me mila)
Ti znaš da te ja sada ne mogu sputavati

Ti znaš da te ja sada neću sputavati
Ljubavi kakva je bila naša jednostavno nigde nema
Ti znaš da te ja sada ne mogu sputavati
Ljubavi kakva je bila naša jednostavno nigde nema

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I hear the drums echoing tonight
But she hears only whispers of some quiet conversation
She’s coming in 12:30 flight
The moonlit wings reflect the stars that guide me towards salvation
I stopped an old man along the way,
Hoping to find some long forgotten words or ancient melodies
He turned to me as if to say, Hurry boy, it’s waiting there for you

It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

The wild dogs cry out in the night
As they grow restless longing for some solitary company
I know that I must do what’s right
As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serangetti
I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become

Hurry boy, she’s waiting there for you

It’s gonna take a lot to drag me away from you
There’s nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do
I bless the rains down in Africa, I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa, I passed some rains down in Africa
I bless the rains down in Africa
Gonna take some time to do the things we never had

Prevod na srpski

Afrika

Noćas čujem bubnjeve kako odjekuju
ali ona čuje samo šapate nekog tihog razgovora
njen avion sleće u 12:30
mesečevom svetlošću obasjana krila reflektuju zvezde što vode me ka spasenju
usput sam zaustavio nekog starca
nadajućci se da cu naći neke davno zaboravljene reči ili prastare melodije
on se okrenuo ka meni kao da ce reći, požuri dečače, čeka te tamo

Neće biti lako odvući me od tebe
ni sto i više ljudi nikad ništa neće moći da uradi
ja blagosiljam kiše tamo u Africi
izdvojićemo malo vremena da uradimo stvari koje nikad nismo

Divlji psi zavijaju u noći
dok postaju nemirni žudeći za društvom u osami
znam da moram uraditi pravu stvaru
sigurno kao što se Kilimandzaro izdiže kao Olimp iznad Serangetija
tražim lek duboko u sebi, uplašen od ovog što sam postao

Požuri dečače, ona te tamo čeka

Neće me biti lako odvući od tebe
ni sto i više ljudi nikad ništa neće moći da uradi
ja blagosiljam kiše tamo u Africi, prošao sam kroz neke kiše tamo u Africi
ja blagosiljam kiše tamo u Africi, prošao sam kroz neke kiše tamo u Africi
ja blagosiljam kiše tamo u Africi,

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It’s not your situation, I just need contemplation over you
I’m not so systematic, it’s just that I’m an addict for your love

Not the only one that holds you, I never ever should have told you
You’re my only girl
I’m not the only one that holds you, I never ever should have told you
You’re my only world

Just think how long I’ve known you, it’s wrong for me to own you, lock and key
It’s really not confusing, I’m just the young illusion, can’t you see

I’m not the only one that holds you, I never ever should have told you
You’re my only girl
I’m not the only one that holds you, I never ever should have told you
You’re my only world

Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

It’s not your situation, I just need contemplation over you
I’m not so systematic, it’s just that I’m an addict for your love

Not the only one that holds you, I never ever should have told you
You’re my only girl
I’m not the only one that holds you, I never ever should have told you
You’re my only world

Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

Georgy Porgy, pudding pie, kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry,
Kissed the girls and made them high.

Georgy Porgy

Kissed the girls and made them cry,
Kissed the girls and made them high.

Georgy Porgy

Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

Porgy puddin’ pie

Kissed the girls and made them cry

Kissed the girls and made them cry
Kissed the girls and made them cry

Prevod na srpski

Džordži – Pordži

To nije tvoj problem, samo moram da razmišljam o tebi
Ja nisam tako sistematičan, stvar je u tome da sam o tvojoj ljubavi zavisan

Nisam jedini koji grli te, nisam ti nikad trebao reći da
Ti si moja jedina
Ja nisam jedini koji grli te, nisam ti nikad trebao reći da
Ti si moj jedini svet

Samo razmisli koliko dugo poznajem te, nema smisla da posedujem te, zabravim i zaključam
To u stvari nije zbunjujuće, ja sam samo mlad i zaluđen, zar ne vidiš

Ja nisam jedini koji grli te, nisam ti nikad trebao reći da
Ti si moja jedina
Ja nisam jedini koji grli te, nisam ti nikad trebao reći da
Ti si moj jedini svet

Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice*
Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice

To nije tvoj problem, samo moram da porazmislim o tebi
Ja nisam tako sistematičan, stvar je u tome da sam o tvojoj ljubavi zavisan

Nisam jedini koji grli te, nisam ti nikad trebao reći da
Ti si moja jedina
Ja nisam jedini koji grli te, nisam ti nikad trebao reći da
Ti si moj jedini svet

Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice

Džordži, pordži, maleni, ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice

Džordži, pordži,

Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i zaluđivao devojčice

Džordži, pordži,

Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice

Pordži, maleni

Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice
Ljubio i rasplakivao devojčice

Eric Benét – Georgy Porgy

Eric Benét feat. Faith Evans – Poor Georgie (remix)

Georgy Porgy – nursery rhyme (dečija pesmica):

Georgy Porgy pudding and pie,
Kissed the girls and made them cry.
When the boys came out to play.
Georgy Porgy ran away.

I, bez mnogo pokusaja prevoda neprevodivog Georgy Porgy niti traganja za ekvivalentnom pesmicom na srpskom…
The story behind:

In the day of King James I, there served a “lardy Gentleman of the Bedchamber” named George Villiers, the Duke of Buckingham.  Rumor has it, King James and George were lovers.  The girls cried when they realized they would never be foremost in the thoughts of either man, and George avoided the other men at court.

More info: Wiki: Georgie Porgie

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