Gelem, Gelem Gelem, gelem, lungone dromensa

Maladilem bahktale Romensa

A Romale katar tumen aven,

E tsarensa bahktale dromensa?

A Romale, A Chavale Vi man sas ek bari familiya,

Murdadas la e kali legiya¹

Aven mansa sa lumniake Roma,

Kai putaile e romane droma

Ake vriama, usti Rom akana,

Men khutasa misto kai kerasa

A Romale,

A Chavale

 

Engleski prijevod:

I went, I went on long roads I met happy Roma

O Roma where do you come from, With tents on happy roads?

O Roma, O fellow Roma I once had a great family,

The Black Legions¹ murdered them

Come with me Roma from all the world

For the Romani roads have opened

Now is the time, rise up Roma now,

We will rise high if we act O Roma,

O fellow Roma

 

Words: Jarko [Zarko] Jovanovic, 1969 Music: Traditional melody Adopted as the official Romani anthem at the First World Romani Congress in London, England, April 8, 1971.