Песна 106
Малките моми
Malkite momi · The young girls
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Малките моми | Malkite momi | The young girls |
| делба делиле. | delba delile. | were dividing shares. |
| Mалките моми | Malkite momi | The young girls |
| делба делиле. | delba delile. | were dividing shares. |
| На сека мома | Na seka moma | To every girl |
| по едно момче. | po edno momče. | one boy. |
| На бела Рада | Na bela Rada | To white Rada |
| црно Арапче. | crno Arapče. | a black Arab boy. |
| Па се чудила | Pa se čudila | And she wondered |
| што да прави. | što da pravi. | what to do. |
| Па се чудила | Pa se čudila | And she wondered |
| што да му прави. | što da mu pravi. | what to do with him. |
| Па го однела | Pa go odnela | And she took him |
| на река Вардар. | na reka Vardar. | to the river Vardar. |
| Два дни го мила, | Dva dni go mila, | Two days she washed him, |
| три дни го трила. | tri dni go trila. | three days she scrubbed him. |
| Па го качила | Pa go kačila | And she lifted him |
| на бела коња. | na bela konja. | onto a white horse. |
| Коњ се белее, | Konj se belee, | The horse is white, |
| либе црнее. | libe crnee. | the love is black. |
Translator's notes
The song uses a dated term for a dark-skinned boy; translated as 'Arab boy' literally. 'Делба делиле' is my reading as 'were dividing shares/lots'.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Анка Гиева, Ансамбл Кочо Рацин, Афион, КУД Орце Николов
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