De pe deal from|the|hill From the hill

E capul ei, și pieptul ei— is|head|her|and|chest|her It's her head, and her chest—

O văd acum întreagă, her|I see|now|whole I see her now whole,

O strig pe nume și-i vorbesc, her|I call|by|name|and|to him|I speak I call her by name and speak to her,

Dar ea să mă-nțeleagă? but|she|to|me|understand But will she understand me?

Cu pieptul plin și des bătând, with|chest|full|and|often|beating With a full chest and beating hard,

Cu fața-mbujorată, with|face|blushing With a flushed face,

A răsărit dintr-un tufiș she has|emerged|from a||bush She emerged from a bush

Și râde-acum mirată. and||now|surprised And now she laughs, surprised.

—"Tu ești pe-aici? you|are|here| —"Are you here? Eu te-am crezut I|you||believed I thought you were

Cu oile prin vale! with|sheep|through|valley With the sheep in the valley!

De-aș fi știut că ești în deal, |I would|have been|known|that|you are|in|hill If I had known you were on the hill,

Mergeam pe altă cale!" I would have gone|on|another|path I would have taken another path!"

Subțire-n trup și blândă-n grai, |in|body|and||in|speech Slim in body and gentle in speech,

Și-n port așa isteață, |in|demeanor|so|clever And in attire so clever,

Pe urma ei în fapt de-amurg on|trail|her|in|fact||dusk In her wake, in fact, at dusk

Dau zori de dimineață. I give|dawns|of|morning Dawn breaks in the morning.

De-aș fi știut că n-a venit if||be|known|that|he||come If I had known she hadn't come

Anume pentru mine, specifically|for|me Specifically for me,

Eu n-aș mai fi vorbit cu ea! I|not||anymore|have|spoken|with|her I wouldn't have talked to her anymore!

Dar știu și-aceasta bine, but|I know||this|well But I know this well,

Că m-a cătat de mult prin văi that|m(1)||looked for|for|long|through|valleys That she has been looking for me for a long time through the valleys

Pierdută-așa cu gândul; lost||with|thought Lost like this in thought;

Și dacă nu m-ar fi găsit, and|if|not|me|me|have|found And if they hadn't found me,

Umblat-ar fi de-a rândul walking||have|of||row They would have wandered in turn

Întreaga zi din deal în deal whole|day|from|hill|to|hill All day from hill to hill

Ca cerbul după apă— like|deer|after|water Like a deer after water—

Cu greu te scapi de-un lucru drag, with|hard|you|escape||a|thing|dear It's hard to get rid of something dear,

Și prost e cine-l scapă! and|fool|is|who||escapes And foolish is the one who lets it go!