Песна 1024
Вирум вода, вирум вировита
Virum voda, virum virovita · The water whirls, a whirlpool
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Вирум вода, вирум вировита, | Virum voda, virum virovita, | The water whirls, a whirling pool, |
| вир се берит, не ми истекуват. | vir se berit, ne mi istekuvat. | the whirlpool gathers, it does not flow away from me. |
| Не ми била вода вировита, | Ne mi bila voda virovita, | It was not whirling water for me, |
| туку ми биле јунакови дворје. | tuku mi bile junakovi dvorje. | but the courtyard of the young hero. |
| Ми се берат китени сватови, | Mi se berat kiteni svatovi, | The decked-out wedding guests gather, |
| ќе ми одат по лепа невеста, | ḱe mi odat po lepa nevesta, | they will go to fetch a fair bride, |
| од далеку, мошне на далеку, | od daleku, mošne na daleku, | from far away, very far away, |
| од богато, мошне на богато. | od bogato, mošne na bogato. | from a rich house, very rich. |
Translator's notes
'Вирум вода, вирум вировита' is my reading (verb form unclear); the image of the whirlpool stands for the crowd gathering at the groom's yard. Struga Malesija wedding custom song, dialect forms (-ит, -ват).
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