Песна 156
Митро моме
Mitro mome · Mitro, Girl
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Митро, Митро мори, | Mitro, Mitro mori, | Mitro, Mitro, hey, |
| Митро, тага голема. | Mitro, taga golema. | Mitro, great sorrow. |
| Ј' отруј се, Митро мори, | J' otruj se, Mitro mori, | I have poisoned myself, Mitro, hey, |
| жива не ми оди. | živa ne mi odi. | I cannot go on living. |
| Клето, са лето Митро, | Kleto, sa leto Mitro, | Cursed, all summer long, Mitro, |
| гола, ем боса. | gola, em bosa. | bare and barefoot. |
| По жешкото сонце, Митро, | Po žeškoto sonce, Mitro, | In the scorching sun, Mitro, |
| уки вруќини. | uki vruḱini. | the hands feel the heat. |
| Ручок над глава, Митро, | Ručok nad glava, Mitro, | Lunch over my head, Mitro, |
| српот на рамо. | srpot na ramo. | sickle on my shoulder. |
| С' дете в' раце, Митро, | S' dete v' race, Mitro, | With a child in my arms, Mitro, |
| по жешкото сонце. | po žeškoto sonce. | in the scorching sun. |
Translator's notes
Several lines are my reading: 'Ј' отруј се' (I have poisoned myself, possibly figurative for being worn out by grief), 'уки вруќини' (unclear dialect, I read it as the hands feeling the heat) and 'Ручок над глава' (lunch overhead, possibly the midday sun).
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