Песна 891
Запеало славеј пиле
Zapealo slavej pile · The nightingale bird began to sing
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Запеало славеј пиле | Zapealo slavej pile | The nightingale bird began to sing |
| на багремот, под пенџери. | na bagremot, pod pendžeri. | on the acacia, under the windows. |
| Го разбуди малој моме, | Go razbudi maloj mome, | It woke the young girl, |
| уплакано, нажалено. | uplakano, nažaleno. | tearful, grieving. |
| Проговара малој моме: | Progovara maloj mome: | The young girl speaks: |
| - Не пеј пиле толку рано, | - Ne pej pile tolku rano, | - Do not sing so early, little bird, |
| саноќ сум си проплакала | sanoḱ sum si proplakala | all night I have been crying |
| и пред зора сум заспала. | i pred zora sum zaspala. | and before dawn I fell asleep. |
| Три ноќи сум проплакала, | Tri noḱi sum proplakala, | Three nights I have cried, |
| мојто либе испраќала. | mojto libe ispraḱala. | seeing off my sweetheart. |
| Тој ми појде на туѓина, | Toj mi pojde na tuǵina, | He went off to a foreign land, |
| на туѓина, на печалба. | na tuǵina, na pečalba. | to a foreign land, to work for money. |
| Пред да појде, ми нарача | Pred da pojde, mi narača | Before he left, he told me |
| да го чекам пет години. | da go čekam pet godini. | to wait for him five years. |
Translator's notes
Traditional, origin unclear. 'печалба' refers to the custom of going abroad to earn money. 'нарача' read as 'told, instructed' (my reading).
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Performers on Pesna.org: Васка Илиева, Габриела Новевска
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