Песна 795
Ој, Јеленчице
Oj, Jelenčice · Oh, Jelenchica
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Ој, Јеленчице, мори висока планино, | Oj, Jelenčice, mori visoka planino, | Oh, Jelenchica, hey, high mountain, |
| Јеленчице, море, висока планино. | Jelenčice, more, visoka planino. | Jelenchica, hey, high mountain. |
| Ој, ју весине море, не се догледоваш | Oj, ju vesine more, ne se dogledovaš | Oh, in your height, hey, you cannot be seen to the end |
| ју ширине море, не се изидоваш. | ju širine more, ne se izidovaš. | in your breadth, hey, you cannot be built round. |
| Ој, у тебе се, море, до треста мајстора, | Oj, u tebe se, more, do tresta majstora, | Oh, on you there are, hey, three hundred masters, |
| ју тебе се, море, до триста мајстора. | ju tebe se, more, do trista majstora. | on you there are, hey, three hundred masters. |
| Ој, меџо њима, море, мајстор Димитрија | Oj, medžo njima, more, majstor Dimitrija | Oh, among them, hey, master Dimitrija |
| у руке му метро терезија. | u ruke mu metro terezija. | in his hands he holds a scale. |
| Ој, да не ѕида море, цркве, манастире, ој | Oj, da ne dzida more, crkve, manastire, oj | Oh, so that he does not build, hey, churches, monasteries, oh |
| и у цркве, море, до триста попове. | i u crkve, more, do trista popove. | and in the churches, hey, three hundred priests. |
Translator's notes
Traditional, no author known. Several lines are in a dialect with unusual forms (ју, треста, терезија); lines 4, 7 and 9 are my reading and partly guessed, in particular 'терезија' as a balance or measuring scale and 'да не ѕида' as 'so he builds'.
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