English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
Т'мна м'гла, мале, по полето,
T'mna m'gla, male, po poleto,
Dark mist, mother, over the field,
мене туга, мале, на срцето,
mene tuga, male, na srceto,
sorrow for me, mother, on my heart,
з' едно лудо, мале, од селото.
z' edno ludo, male, od seloto.
for a certain fool, mother, from the village.
З' едно лудо, мале, од селото,
Z' edno ludo, male, od seloto,
For a certain fool, mother, from the village,
близу, близу мале, во комшијете,
blizu, blizu male, vo komšijete,
near, near, mother, among the neighbours,
плот нè дели, мале, дворовите.
plot nè deli, male, dvorovite.
a fence divides us, mother, the yards.
Плот нè дели, мале, дворовите,
Plot nè deli, male, dvorovite,
A fence divides us, mother, the yards,
ѕид нè дели, мале, одајете.
dzid nè deli, male, odajete.
a wall divides us, mother, the rooms.
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
Магла пада нане
Magla pada nane
Mist falls, mother
Магла падна мамо,
Magla padna mamo,
Mist fell, mother,
по полето.
po poleto.
over the field.
Тага мене мамо,
Taga mene mamo,
Sorrow for me, mother,
на срцето,
na srceto,
on my heart,
за едно моме, мамо,
za edno mome, mamo,
for a girl, mother,
во комшии.
vo komšii.
among the neighbours.
Плет ни дели, мамо,
Plet ni deli, mamo,
A hedge divides us, mother,
двориштата.
dvorištata.
the courtyards.
Ѕид ни дели, мамо,
Dzid ni deli, mamo,
A wall divides us, mother,
чардаците,
čardacite,
the verandas.
китка дели, мамо,
kitka deli, mamo,
A flower divides us, mother,
образите.
obrazite.
the cheeks.
Ил' ме жени, мамо,
Il' me ženi, mamo,
Either marry me off, mother,
ил' ме доми.
il' me domi.
or send me to a husband's house.
пуста младост, мамо,
pusta mladost, mamo,
Barren youth, mother,
не се трпи.
ne se trpi.
cannot be endured.
Не е огин, мамо,
Ne e ogin, mamo,
It is not a fire, mother,
да прегори.
da pregori.
to burn out.
Не е вода, мамо,
Ne e voda, mamo,
It is not water, mother,
да претече.
da preteče.
to flow past.
Ако не ме жениш,
Ako ne me ženiš,
If you do not marry me,
нит' ме домиш,
nit' me domiš,
nor send me off,
ќе се фрлам, мамо,
ḱe se frlam, mamo,
I will throw myself, mother,
в матен Вардар.
v maten Vardar.
into the muddy Vardar.
Translator's notes
The 'Друга верзија' and 'Магла пада нане' lines are translated as ordinary lines. 'Или ме жени, или ме доми' is my reading: 'marry me off or send me to a husband's house'. The 'flower divides the cheeks' line is my reading. In the first version 'лудо' is read as 'young man'.