Песна 781
Сношти си минав, мамо
Snošti si minav, mamo · Last Night I Passed By, Mother
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Сношти си минав, мамо, наминав, | Snošti si minav, mamo, naminav, | Last night I passed by, mother, I came upon, |
| крај бистар, мила мамо, кладенец, | kraj bistar, mila mamo, kladenec, | beside a clear, dear mother, spring, |
| крај бистар, студен, мамо, кладенец. | kraj bistar, studen, mamo, kladenec. | beside a clear, cold, mother, spring. |
| Таму си, мила мамо, намерив, | Tamu si, mila mamo, nameriv, | There, dear mother, I met |
| девојче едно мало, малечко, | devojče edno malo, malečko, | a little girl, tiny, |
| девојче младо, мамо, убаво. | devojče mlado, mamo, ubavo. | a young girl, mother, beautiful. |
| - Учам те, мили сине, карам те, | - Učam te, mili sine, karam te, | - I teach you, dear son, I scold you, |
| момето ти е сине, малечко, | mometo ti e sine, malečko, | your girl, son, is tiny, |
| не можи куќа, сине, да гледа. | ne moži kuḱa, sine, da gleda. | she cannot, son, look after a house. |
| - Славејче, пиле мало, малечко, | - Slavejče, pile malo, malečko, | - Nightingale, little bird, tiny, |
| само си гнездо, мамо, правеше, | samo si gnezdo, mamo, praveše, | only makes her nest, mother, |
| само си пилци, мамо, ваѓаше. | samo si pilci, mamo, vaǵaše. | only hatches her chicks, mother. |
Translator's notes
Traditional, no author known. 'Ваѓаше' I read as 'hatched, brought out' (dialect), my reading; 'учам те' is 'I instruct you'.
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