Ne silazi sa čardaka,
I ne pitaj gdje sam bio.
Zašto su mi oči plačne,
Zbog čega sam suze lio?

Stajao sam kraj mezara,
I umrlu majku zvao.
Nosio joj dar od srca,
Ali joj ga nisam dao.

Ne klepeći nanulama,
Kad silaziš sa čardaka.
Sve to mislim, moja draga,
Da silazi stara majka.

eng:
Don't come down from the balcony
and don't ask where I've been
why my eyes are full of tears
why I've been crying

I went to the graveyard
and called for my mother
I brought gifts from my heart
that I could not give to her

Don't make that noise with your shoes
as you come down from the balcony
because I always think, my dear,
that it's my mother coming down