Песна 112
Нани, нани Димче
Nani, nani Dimče · Lullaby, Lullaby, Dimche
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Нани, нани Димче, | Nani, nani Dimče, | Sleep, sleep, little Dimche, |
| у шарена лулка, | u šarena lulka, | in a colorful cradle, |
| у бели пелени. | u beli peleni. | in white swaddling clothes. |
| Димче ќе ми нани, | Dimče ḱe mi nani, | Little Dimche will sleep for me, |
| мама ќе го лула, | mama ḱe go lula, | mother will rock him, |
| голем да порасне. | golem da porasne. | to grow up big. |
| Голем да порасне, | Golem da porasne, | To grow up big, |
| да го ожениме, | da go oženime, | so that we may marry him, |
| од Солуна града. | od Soluna grada. | to a girl from the city of Thessaloniki. |
| Дуни, дуни ветре, | Duni, duni vetre, | Blow, blow, wind, |
| тивко јод морето, | tivko jod moreto, | softly from the sea, |
| Димче да успиеш, | Dimče da uspieš, | so that Dimche falls asleep, |
| голем да порасне. | golem da porasne. | so that he grows up big. |
Translator's notes
'јод морето' is read as 'од морето' (from the sea), my reading. Солуна града is Thessaloniki.
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