Песна 700
Давај ме мамо мори давај ме
Davaj me mamo mori davaj me · Give me away, mother, hey, give me away
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Давај ме мамо мори давај ме | Davaj me mamo mori davaj me | Give me away, mother, hey, give me away |
| за тоа лудо младо бекријче. | za toa ludo mlado bekrijče. | to that foolish young bachelor. |
| Не можам ќерко мори, неможам, | Ne možam ḱerko mori, nemožam, | I can't, daughter, hey, I can't, |
| болно е, лудо, младо женето, | bolno e, ludo, mlado ženeto, | he is sick, the foolish young husband, |
| пред седум, осум ќерко мори години. | pred sedum, osum ḱerko mori godini. | since seven, eight years ago, daughter, hey. |
| Три деца ќерко мори тој има | Tri deca ḱerko mori toj ima | Three children, daughter, hey, he has, |
| четврто ќерко мори на срце. | četvrto ḱerko mori na srce. | and a fourth, daughter, hey, on his heart. |
Translator's notes
Speaker roles are unclear; my reading is that a daughter asks to be given to the young man and the mother refuses. 'Женето' and the lines about the fourth child 'on his heart' are my reading.
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