Rea de plată bad|of|payment Verspätete Zahlung Bad payer

Ea vine de la moară; she|comes|from|to|mill She comes from the mill;

Și jos în ulicioară and|down|in|little street And down in the little street

Punându-și sacul, iacă putting|and|sack|look Putting down her sack, behold

Nu-l poate ridica. no|him|can|lift He can't lift it.

Ți-l duc eu! |I|I bring|I I'll take it to you! Cum? how How? Pe plată! on|payment On payment!

Iar ea, cuminte fată, and|she|obedient|girl And she, a well-behaved girl,

Se și-nvoiește-ndată. herself|also|she agrees|immediately Immediately agrees.

De ce-ar și zice ba? why|what|would|also|she say|no Why would she say no?

Eu plec cu sacu-n spate. I|I leave|with|sack||back I leave with the sack on my back.

La calea jumătate at the|road|halfway At the halfway road

Cer plata, trei săruturi. I ask for|payment|three|kisses I ask for payment, three kisses.

Dar uite, felul ei: but|look|way|her But look, her way:

Stă-n drum și să socoate, she stands|on|road|and|to|she thinks She stands in the road and calculates,

Și-mi spune câte toate, |to me|she says|how many|all And she tells me everything,

Că-s scump, că ea nu poate, that||expensive||she|not|she can That I'm expensive, that she can't afford it,

Că prea sunt multe trei! that|too|I am|many|three That three is too many!

Cu două se-nvoiește, with|two||he agrees With two she agrees,

Iar unul mi-l plătește, and|one|to me|it|he pays And one pays me,

Cu altul să-mi rămâie with|another||me|it stays With another to remain

Datoare pe-nserat. indebted||evening In debt by evening.

Dar n-am să-l văd cât veacul! but||||him|I see|as long as|eternity But I won't see him for ages!

Și iată-mă, săracul, and||me|the poor one And here I am, the poor one,

Să-i duc o poștie sacul |to him|I carry|a|message|the bag To bring him a sack of news

P-un singur sărutat! P(1)|a|single|kiss With a single kiss!