Песна 522
Стани ми Геле, Ангеле
Stani mi Gele, Angele · Get up, my Gele, my Angel
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Стани ми Геле, Ангеле | Stani mi Gele, Angele | Get up, my Gele, Angel, |
| стани ми сине на мајка, | stani mi sine na majka, | get up, my son, from your mother, |
| мрачна се зора зазори | mračna se zora zazori | the dark dawn has broken, |
| во гора сонце огреа. | vo gora sonce ogrea. | the sun has lit up the forest. |
| Стани ми сине, Ангеле | Stani mi sine, Angele | Get up, my son, Angel, |
| земи си пушка берданка | zemi si puška berdanka | take your berdan rifle, |
| накачи горе в' планина, | nakači gore v' planina, | hang it up there in the mountain, |
| планина Пирин, убава. | planina Pirin, ubava. | the mountain Pirin, beautiful. |
| Накачи горе в' Пирина, | Nakači gore v' Pirina, | Hang it up there in Pirin, |
| таму ќе најдеш дружина, | tamu ḱe najdeš družina, | there you will find your company, |
| твоите верни другари | tvoite verni drugari | your faithful comrades |
| крвава борба ти водат. | krvava borba ti vodat. | are fighting a bloody battle for you. |
| В' крвава борба, нерамна, | V' krvava borba, neramna, | Into the bloody, uneven battle |
| твоја дружина влегоја, | tvoja družina vlegoja, | your company has gone in, |
| стани ми сине, стани ми, | stani mi sine, stani mi, | get up, my son, get up, |
| оди во гора зелена. | odi vo gora zelena. | go to the green forest. |
Translator's notes
'Нakачи горе' (hang it up there) is my reading of 'take up/carry it to'; 'во гора сонце огреа' is literally 'the sun shone in the forest'. 'влегоја' is a dialect past plural ('they entered').
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