Песна 486

Лешочкиот манастир

Lešočkiot manastir · The Lesok Monastery

English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker

Сардисале, сардисале,Sardisale, sardisale,They have besieged, they have besieged,
Лешочкиот манастир,Lešočkiot manastir,the Lesok monastery,
сардисале, сардисале,sardisale, sardisale,they have besieged, they have besieged,
арнаути слатинчани.arnauti slatinčani.the Albanians of Slatina.
Сардисале, сардисале,Sardisale, sardisale,They have besieged, they have besieged,
арнаути слатинчани.arnauti slatinčani.the Albanians of Slatina.
Абре попе егуменеAbre pope egumeneHey, priest abbot,
каде ти се комитите?kade ti se komitite?where are your rebels?
А бре попе егуменеA bre pope egumeneHey, priest abbot,
кај ги криеш комитите?kaj gi krieš komitite?where do you hide the rebels?
Абре паша, кузум паша,Abre paša, kuzum paša,Hey, pasha, kuzum pasha,
јас комити не познавам,jas komiti ne poznavam,I do not know any rebels,
а бре паша кузум пашаa bre paša kuzum pašahey, pasha, kuzum pasha,
јас комити не познавам.jas komiti ne poznavam.I do not know any rebels.
Се налутил турскиот паша,Se nalutil turskiot paša,The Turkish pasha got angry,
го запалил манастирот.go zapalil manastirot.he set the monastery on fire.
Се налутил Гоце Делчев,Se nalutil Goce Delčev,Gotse Delchev got angry,
ја запалил џамијата.ja zapalil džamijata.he set the mosque on fire.
Translator's notes

'Сардисале' is my reading (besieged); 'кузум' is Turkish-derived address, meaning guessed. Last line has the mosque burned by Gotse Delchev as written.

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