Песна 472
Коледица
Koledica · Koledica
About this song
A children's carol from the Bitola region. The names Koleda, Meda and Vasilica are the calendar itself dressed as people: Koleda is Christmas, Vasilica is Old New Year (St. Basil, 14 January). In the second part a child asks for a chestnut, one for me and one for my friend.
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
| Коледица, меледица | Koledica, meledica | Koledica, meledica |
| и по неа Василица. | i po nea Vasilica. | and after her Vasilica. |
| Еднаш ни е во година, | Ednaš ni e vo godina, | Once a year she comes to us, |
| како цвеќе во градина. | kako cveḱe vo gradina. | like a flower in the garden. |
| Коледе бабо, коледе, | Kolede babo, kolede, | Koleda, grandmother, koleda, |
| дај ми едно костенче, | daj mi edno kostenče, | give me one little chestnut, |
| едно за мене, | edno za mene, | one for me, |
| едно за другарчето. | edno za drugarčeto. | one for my friend. |
| (Оваа коледарска песна се пее во Битолско.) | (Ovaa koledarska pesna se pee vo Bitolsko.) | (This koleda carol is sung in the Bitola region.) |
Translator's notes
'Меледица' is a rhyming filler word I left untranslated. Last line is an editorial note from the source, translated for line parity.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Непознат изведувач, Ристана Николова
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Lyrics: Pesna.org (folk lyrics in the public domain; site content CC BY). View on Pesna.org