Песна 118
Таму далеку вода ми дотече
Tamu daleku voda mi doteče · Far away water came flowing
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Таму далеку | Tamu daleku | Far away there |
| вода ми дотече, од бунарот, | voda mi doteče, od bunarot, | the water came flowing, from the well, |
| и на бунарот, | i na bunarot, | and at the well |
| анамче ми седи, платно ми бели. | anamče mi sedi, platno mi beli. | a mother sits, bleaching linen. |
| Оздола иде | Ozdola ide | From below comes |
| едно лудо, младо, неженето, | edno ludo, mlado, neženeto, | a young fellow, unmarried, |
| и на анамче, | i na anamče, | and to the mother |
| вели ем говори: - Аман, анамче. | veli em govori: - Aman, anamče. | he says and speaks: - Mercy, mother. |
| Дали го даваш, | Dali go davaš, | Are you giving it away, |
| или го продаваш, ој платното? | ili go prodavaš, oj platnoto? | or are you selling it, oh, the linen? |
| - И да го давам, | - I da go davam, | - Whether I give it away, |
| и да го продавам, тебе не давам. | i da go prodavam, tebe ne davam. | or whether I sell it, I will not give it to you. |
Translator's notes
'анамче' rendered 'mother' (my reading; likely a dialect form of 'dear mother'). The linen may be a metaphor for the daughter; that is my guess, not stated in the text.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Билјан Стојаноски, Вања Лазарова, Васка Илиева, Вера Илиоска, Jenny Luna, Serkan Mesut Halili
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