"More wine, Mila!" - cheered the walls,
while Mila was still here.
Now dear Mila has vanished:
Somebody else's hands carry the wine.
Ana pours it, Ana serves it,
but the heart cries out for Mila.
Our Mila is long gone!
Even the little glee
which the good guests had,
was left for Mila to carry away.
Ana pours it, Ana serves it,
but the heart cries out for Mila.
From Mila's petite hands,
even if it means saying farewell to the world,
instead of the bermet*,
they'd gladly swallow poison.
Ana pours it, Ana serves it,
but the heart cries out for Mila.
Who'll dance now? Who'll sing?
Who'll stay thirsty? Who'll drink?
Who'll take the pain away?
Mila vanished, our nightingale!
Ana pours it, Ana serves it,
but the heart cries out for Mila.
* Bermet (Serbian Cyrillic: Бермет) is a dessert wine that is a specialty of northern Serbia's Fruška Gora wine region, in the Vojvodina province.
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