Песна 123
Битка се бие кумановско поле
Bitka se bie kumanovsko pole · A Battle Is Fought on the Kumanovo Field
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Битка се бие кумановско поле, | Bitka se bie kumanovsko pole, | A battle is fought on the Kumanovo field, |
| битка нерамна. | bitka neramna. | an unequal battle. |
| Пелинце ми гори, Пчиња жално плаче, | Pelince mi gori, Pčinja žalno plače, | Pelince burns, Pchinja weeps sadly, |
| матна и крвава. | matna i krvava. | muddy and bloody. |
| Карпуш војвода со Димче Еребица, | Karpuš vojvoda so Dimče Erebica, | Voivode Karpush with Dimche Erebitsa, |
| Менков и Фетакот, | Menkov i Fetakot, | Menkov and Fetak, |
| собраа дружина, млада убавина, | sobraa družina, mlada ubavina, | gathered a band, young beauties, |
| душман да истераат. | dušman da isteraat. | to drive out the enemy. |
| Ми згрмеа пушки, ми паднаа мушки, | Mi zgrmea puški, mi padnaa muški, | Rifles thundered, the men fell, |
| младите херои. | mladite heroi. | the young heroes. |
| Душмани клети покажаа пети, | Dušmani kleti pokažaa peti, | The cursed enemies showed their heels, |
| дојде красна слобода. | dojde krasna sloboda. | dear freedom came. |
Translator's notes
Origin unclear. Pelince and Pchinja are places/river near Kumanovo; the personal names are as written in the song. 'показаа пети' is the idiom 'showed their heels' (fled).
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Performers on Pesna.org: Ансамбл Панче Пешев, Васка Илиева
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