Песна 5
Митре Влао, тешко ранет
Mitre Vlao, teško ranet · Mitre Vlao, Badly Wounded
About this song
A death scene in a few lines. The IMRO fighter Mitre the Vlach, grievously wounded, asks his comrades for his rifle. He wants to fire it toward Vich mountain, across the heights and hollows, so that it says goodbye to the Kostur region and to all of Macedonia. A rifle used to whisper goodbye across a landscape.
Notes written for this site, partly drafted with an AI assistant. These notes are a draft and have not been checked by a native speaker.
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Митре Влао, тешко ранет, | Mitre Vlao, teško ranet, | Mitre Vlao, badly wounded, |
| им се моли на другари: | im se moli na drugari: | begs his comrades: |
| - Ој другари, мили браќа, | - Oj drugari, mili braḱa, | - Oh comrades, dear brothers, |
| подајте ми дулбијата. | podajte mi dulbijata. | hand me my dulbia. |
| Да ја врла Вич планина, | Da ja vrla Vič planina, | Let me cast it onto Mount Vich, |
| да распула горе-долу. | da raspula gore-dolu. | let it scatter up and down. |
| Планините, долините, | Planinite, dolinite, | The mountains, the valleys, |
| и Баскарските Извори. | i Baskarskite Izvori. | and the Baskar Springs. |
| Да се проста со Костурско, | Da se prosta so Kostursko, | Let me say farewell to the Kostur region, |
| и со цела Македонија, | i so cela Makedonija, | and to all of Macedonia, |
| да се проста со Костурско, | da se prosta so Kostursko, | let me say farewell to the Kostur region, |
| и со цела Македонија. | i so cela Makedonija. | and to all of Macedonia. |
Translator's notes
'дулбија' is a rare word I am guessing; 'ја врла ... да распула' is my reading that he wants to cast his gaze over the mountains and valleys. Commemorates Mitre Panџаров the Vlach, as stated in the source note.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Николина Кузмановска
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