Песна 38
Водарки
Vodarki · Girls went to fetch water
About this song
Songs of the evening water-carrying hour, when the village girls came to the well with their coloured jugs. It was also a socially accepted place for courtship. The girls pick flowers on the way home; Dafina picks a bouquet of damask roses.
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: partly from Pesna.org, partly machine translation (marked)
From Pesna.org (translation: Jutta Weber-Karn)
Lines with a blue bar on the left are machine translation.
| (Моми за вода одеа) | (Momi za voda odea) | (Girls went to fetch water) |
| Моми на вода одеа, | Momi na voda odea, | Girls went to fetch water |
| со тие стомни шарени. | so tie stomni šareni. | with their colourful jugs. |
| Темна ги вечер затече, | Temna gi večer zateče, | The dark of the evening came flowing by, |
| стомни им корен фанаа. | stomni im koren fanaa. | the jugs got caught in the roots. |
| Темна ги вечер затече, | Temna gi večer zateče, | The dark of the evening came flowing by, |
| стомни им корен фанаа. | stomni im koren fanaa. | the jugs got caught in the roots. |
| Пеејќи песни убави, | Peejḱi pesni ubavi, | They sang beautiful songs, |
| берејќи цвеќе шарено. | berejḱi cveḱe šareno. | picked colourful flowers. |
| Сите ми моми набрале, | Site mi momi nabrale, | While the girls picked |
| планинско цвеќе убаво. | planinsko cveḱe ubavo. | pretty mountain flowers, |
| Дафина мома набрала, | Dafina moma nabrala, | the girl Dafina picked |
| алова китка трендафил. | alova kitka trendafil. | A bouquet of red roses. |
Listen
Performers on Pesna.org: Танец
Audio samples on Pesna.org
Lyrics: Pesna.org (folk lyrics in the public domain; site content CC BY). View on Pesna.org