Песна 85
Се скарале, се степале
Se skarale, se stepale · They quarreled, they fought
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| (Се собрале, се степале) | (Se sobrale, se stepale) | (They gathered, they fought) |
| Се собрале, се степале, | Se sobrale, se stepale, | They gathered, they fought, |
| моми тиквешанки. | momi tikvešanki. | the girls of Tikvesh. |
| Бре, бре, бре, | Bre, bre, bre, | Hey, hey, hey, |
| се собрале, се степале, | se sobrale, se stepale, | they gathered, they fought, |
| бре, бре, бре, | bre, bre, bre, | hey, hey, hey, |
| моми тиквешанки. | momi tikvešanki. | the girls of Tikvesh. |
| Раците си сокршиле, | Racite si sokršile, | They broke their hands, |
| коси искубале. | kosi iskubale. | pulled out their hair. |
| Бре, бре, бре, | Bre, bre, bre, | Hey, hey, hey, |
| рациве си сокршиле, | racive si sokršile, | they broke these hands, |
| бре, бре, бре, | bre, bre, bre, | hey, hey, hey, |
| коси искубале. | kosi iskubale. | pulled out their hair. |
| Си почнале, си почнале, | Si počnale, si počnale, | They started, they started, |
| очи да си вадат. | oči da si vadat. | to gouge out each other's eyes. |
| Бре, бре, бре, | Bre, bre, bre, | Hey, hey, hey, |
| си почнале, си почнале, | si počnale, si počnale, | they started, they started, |
| бре, бре, бре, | bre, bre, bre, | hey, hey, hey, |
| очи да си вадат. | oči da si vadat. | to gouge out each other's eyes. |
| Сè за едно лудо, младо, | Sè za edno ludo, mlado, | All over one fool, a young one, |
| лудо, неженето. | ludo, neženeto. | a fool, unmarried. |
| Бре, бре, бре, | Bre, bre, bre, | Hey, hey, hey, |
| сè за едно лудо, младо, | sè za edno ludo, mlado, | all over one fool, a young one, |
| бре, бре, бре, | bre, bre, bre, | hey, hey, hey, |
| лудо, неженето. | ludo, neženeto. | a fool, unmarried. |
Translator's notes
The first line in parentheses is an alternate title line in the source and is translated as is. 'лудо, младо' rendered 'a fool, a young one' (affectionate, my reading).
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