Песна 939
Нашето село рано вечерало
Našeto selo rano večeralo · Our village had its supper early
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Нашето село рано вечерало, | Našeto selo rano večeralo, | Our village had its supper early, |
| рано вечерало, рано подзаспало. | rano večeralo, rano podzaspalo. | had its supper early, fell asleep early. |
| Само не ми заспа Стоjаница млада, | Samo ne mi zaspa Stojanica mlada, | Only young Stojanica did not fall asleep, |
| стомни си земала, на вода ќе оди. | stomni si zemala, na voda ḱe odi. | she took her pitcher, she goes for water. |
| Па ми забравила порти отворени, | Pa mi zabravila porti otvoreni, | And she forgot the gates open, |
| коње му избегав, коње на Стоjана. | konje mu izbegav, konje na Stojana. | I let the horse run away, Stojan's horse. |
| Па ми проговара Стоjаница млада: | Pa mi progovara Stojanica mlada: | And young Stojanica speaks to me: |
| - Стани ми Стоjан, што си се успало, | - Stani mi Stojan, što si se uspalo, | - Get up, Stojan, why did you oversleep, |
| коње ти избегав, не мож' да го врата. | konje ti izbegav, ne mož' da go vrata. | your horse has run away, I cannot bring it back. |
Translator's notes
Traditional, origin unclear. Verb forms like 'избегав' and 'успало' shift person oddly; I read 'избегав' as 'ran away' (my reading), and the speaker in line 6 is Stojanica.
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