Песна 34

Ѓурѓово лето проклето

Ǵurǵovo leto prokleto · Cursed St. George's summer

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English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker

Ѓурѓово лето проклето леле	Ǵurǵovo leto prokleto lele	St. George's summer is cursed, oh dear,
Ѓурѓица цвекје мори береше.	Ǵurǵica cvekje mori bereše.	Gjurgjica was picking flowers, hey.
Ѓурѓица цвекје береше, леле,	Ǵurǵica cvekje bereše, lele,	Gjurgjica was picking flowers, oh dear,
мајкини скутои ги китеше.	majkini skutoi gi kiteše.	she decorated her mother's apron with them.

Мајкини скутои китеше, леле,	Majkini skutoi kiteše, lele,	She decorated her mother's apron, oh dear,
мајка ги од скут, мори, фрлаше.	majka gi od skut, mori, frlaše.	her mother threw them out of her lap, hey.
Нит' Ѓурѓа моја, нит' цвеќе, леле,	Nit' Ǵurǵa moja, nit' cveḱe, lele,	Neither my Gjurga, nor flowers, oh dear,
кога си мајка, мори, не слуша.	koga si majka, mori, ne sluša.	when you are a mother, hey, she doesn't listen.

Ѓурѓице, бела божице, леле,	Ǵurǵice, bela božice, lele,	Gjurgjica, white goddess, oh dear,
отиди горе на бачило.	otidi gore na bačilo.	go up to the sheep dairy.
Отиди горе на бачило, Ѓурѓо,	Otidi gore na bačilo, Ǵurǵo,	Go up to the sheep dairy, Gjurgja,
нарани бели, мори јаганца.	narani beli, mori jaganca.	feed the white lambs, hey.

Не смеам, мајко, да одам, леле,	Ne smeam, majko, da odam, lele,	I dare not go, mother, oh dear,
таму е Петре, мори, овчарот.	tamu e Petre, mori, ovčarot.	Petre the shepherd is there.
Таму е Петре овчарот, мамо,	Tamu e Petre ovčarot, mamo,	Petre the shepherd is there, mama,
он мене ќе ме, мори, заљуби.	on mene ḱe me, mori, zaljubi.	he will make me fall in love with him, hey.

Translator's notes

Traditional. Line 7 ('Нит' Ѓурѓа моја, нит' цвеќе...') is my reading, the sense is unclear to me; 'нарани' rendered as 'feed' (my reading).

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