Песна 440
Ајде што ти текна што побегна
Ajde što ti tekna što pobegna · Come On, What Came Over You That You Ran Away
About this song
A cheeky wedding song. A young bride runs away from her marital home before dawn, and everyone guesses why: the house is fine, the father-in-law is a tame lamb, the mother-in-law is a hot snake. The real reason, the last verse says, is the young husband himself. It is played at weddings amid howls of laughter. A second version of the song is under #772.
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
| Ајде што ти текна што побегна | Ajde što ti tekna što pobegna | Come on, what came over you that you ran away |
| на сабајле во зорите? | na sabajle vo zorite? | in the early morning at dawn? |
| Ајде на сабајле во зорите | Ajde na sabajle vo zorite | Come on, in the early morning at dawn, |
| уште петли непропеани. | ušte petli nepropeani. | when the roosters had not yet crowed. |
| Ајде дали куќа не бендиса, | Ajde dali kuḱa ne bendisa, | Come on, did you not like the house, |
| или свекор, ил' свекрва? | ili svekor, il' svekrva? | or the father-in-law, or the mother-in-law? |
| Ајде дали куќа не бендиса, | Ajde dali kuḱa ne bendisa, | Come on, did you not like the house, |
| или свекор, ил' свекрва? | ili svekor, il' svekrva? | or the father-in-law, or the mother-in-law? |
| Ајде куќата е мошне арна, | Ajde kuḱata e mošne arna, | Come on, the house is very good, |
| свекорот е кротко јагне. | svekorot e krotko jagne. | the father-in-law is a gentle lamb. |
| Ајде свекорот е кротко јагне, | Ajde svekorot e krotko jagne, | Come on, the father-in-law is a gentle lamb, |
| а свекрва љута змија. | a svekrva ljuta zmija. | but the mother-in-law is a fierce snake. |
Translator's notes
'Непропеани' I read as 'not yet crowed' (of roosters). No other guessed lines.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Прилепски еснафи
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