Dancing bears,
Painted wings,
Things I almost remember,
And a song someone sings,
Once upon a December.
Someone holds me safe and warm,
Horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory…
Someone holds me safe and warm,
Horses prance through a silver storm,
Figures dancing gracefully across my memory.
Far away,
Long ago,
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart used to know,
Things it yearns to remember.
And a song someone sings
Once upon a December.
Prevod na srpski
Jednog davnog decembra
Plešući medvedići,
Naslikana krila,
Ono čega se gotovo sećam,
I pesma koju neko peva,
Jednog davnog decembra.
Na sigurnom i toplom neko me čuva,
Kroz srebrnu oluju konji se propinju,
Figure plešu, graciozno, po mome sećanju…
Na sigurnom i toplom neko me čuva,
Kroz srebrnu oluju konji se propinju,
Figure plešu, graciozno, po mome sećanju.
Daleko,
Davno,
U mom sećanju živo,
Ono što mom je srcu blisko bilo,
Ono što želi da pamti.
I pesma koju neko peva
Jednog davnog decembra.