Песна 219
Никнало цвеќе шарено
Niknalo cveḱe šareno · Colourful flowers sprouted
About this song
A flower-and-window miniature. A bright flower grows under the girl's window; by day she tends it, by night a boy steals it. The scolding: you only know how to steal flowers, not how to kiss a girl. Flowers are for smelling; a boy is for kissing. Often sung by children, though the double meaning is there even then.
Notes written for this site, partly drafted with an AI assistant. These notes are a draft and have not been checked by a native speaker.
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Никнало, никнало цвеќе шарено, | Niknalo, niknalo cveḱe šareno, | Sprouted, sprouted, colourful flowers, |
| крај моми-, крај моминото пенџере. | kraj momi-, kraj mominoto pendžere. | beside the girl's, beside the girl's window. |
| Дење го, дење го моме вадело, | Denje go, denje go mome vadelo, | By day the girl picked them, |
| ноќе го, ноќе го момче крадело. | noḱe go, noḱe go momče kradelo. | by night the boy stole them. |
| Дејгиди, дејгиди момче будало, | Dejgidi, dejgidi momče budalo, | Oh you, oh you foolish boy, |
| не знаеш, не знаеш моме да љубиш, | ne znaeš, ne znaeš mome da ljubiš, | you don't know, you don't know how to love a girl, |
| тук' знаеш, тук' знаеш цвеќе да крадеш. | tuk' znaeš, tuk' znaeš cveḱe da kradeš. | you only know, you only know how to steal flowers. |
| Цвеќето, цвеќето е за мирисање, | Cveḱeto, cveḱeto e za mirisanje, | Flowers, flowers are for smelling, |
| момето, момето е за љубење. | mometo, mometo e za ljubenje. | a girl, a girl is for kissing. |
Translator's notes
'дејгиди' is an exclamation I render as 'oh you' (my reading). 'вадело' is rendered as 'picked'; it literally means 'took out'.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Анета Ефтимова, Иван Гоцев, Љупка Рондова, Љупчо Дуцевски, Секула Пупиноски
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Lyrics: Pesna.org (folk lyrics in the public domain; site content CC BY). View on Pesna.org