Песна 970
Бог да бие кочански сејмени
Bog da bie kočanski sejmeni · May God Strike the Kochani Seymens
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Бог да бие кочански сејмени, џанам, | Bog da bie kočanski sejmeni, džanam, | May God strike the Kochani seymens, my dear, |
| што спаднале во село Зрновци. | što spadnale vo selo Zrnovci. | who descended on the village of Zrnovci. |
| - Ој ле вие, зрновски селани, џанам, | - Oj le vie, zrnovski selani, džanam, | - Oh you, villagers of Zrnovci, my dear, |
| нема веќе зрновски комити? | nema veḱe zrnovski komiti? | are there no more Zrnovci rebels? |
| Ми собрале зрновски селани, џанам, | Mi sobrale zrnovski selani, džanam, | The villagers of Zrnovci gathered, my dear, |
| ги однеле горе на сред село. | gi odnele gore na sred selo. | they took them up to the middle of the village. |
| Ги одвеле горе на сред село, џанам, | Gi odvele gore na sred selo, džanam, | They led them up to the middle of the village, my dear, |
| на сред село, таму кај чешмата. | na sred selo, tamu kaj češmata. | to the middle of the village, there by the fountain. |
| Уште зборот не ми го дорекле, џанам, | Ušte zborot ne mi go dorekle, džanam, | They had not yet finished speaking, my dear, |
| се собрале зрновски комити. | se sobrale zrnovski komiti. | when the Zrnovci rebels gathered. |
| Загрмеа бомби и куршуми, џанам, | Zagrmea bombi i kuršumi, džanam, | Bombs and bullets thundered, my dear, |
| истераа кочански сејмени. | isteraa kočanski sejmeni. | they drove out the Kochani seymens. |
Translator's notes
Traditional, historical-sounding song, no author known. 'Ги однеле' is ambiguous (who was taken up to the middle of the village); I kept it literal and read it as the seymens being led there.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Дана Јевремова
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