Cine n’are noroc n’are,
De când naște, până moare, măi,
De când naște, până moare, măi.

Că nice io n’am avutu,
De când maica m’o făcutu, măi,
De când maica m’o făcutu, măi.

He who has no luck, has none,
From his birth until his death,
From his birth until his death.

Just as I myself had none
Ever since my mother made me,
Ever since my mother made me.