Песна 673

Момите мамо, момите

Momite mamo, momite · The Girls, Mother, the Girls

English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker

Момите мамо, момите,Momite mamo, momite,The girls, mother, the girls,
момите, момите сите убави,momite, momite site ubavi,the girls, the girls are all beautiful,
на знајат, не знаатna znajat, ne znaatthey don't know, they don't know
љубов да водат.ljubov da vodat.how to carry on a love affair.
Сал знаат, мамо, сал знаат,Sal znaat, mamo, sal znaat,They only know, mother, they only know,
сал знаат цвеќе да берат,sal znaat cveḱe da berat,they only know how to pick flowers,
сал знаат, сал знаат,sal znaat, sal znaat,they only know, they only know
цвеќе да берат.cveḱe da berat.how to pick flowers.
Дајте ги мамо, дајте гиDajte gi mamo, dajte giGive them, mother, give them,
дајте ги, дајте ги на ергенитеdajte gi, dajte gi na ergenitegive them, give them to the bachelors,
да знаат, да знаат,da znaat, da znaat,so that they learn, so that they learn
љубов да водат.ljubov da vodat.how to carry on a love affair.
Translator's notes

'Љубов да водат' is literally 'to lead love'; my reading is 'carry on a courtship'. 'На знајат' is taken as a dialect or typo form of 'не знаат'.

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