Песна 1047
Лазаре, Лазаре
Lazare, Lazare · Lazar, Lazar
About this song
On Lazarus Saturday (the Saturday before Palm Sunday), groups of girls called lazarki, in white with floral wreaths, went door to door singing blessings for the house and vineyard and asking for a white pita and two eggs. The best-known line of the genre is the one this song starts with.
Notes written for this site, partly drafted with an AI assistant. These notes are a draft and have not been checked by a native speaker.
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Огрејала месечина, Лазаре, Лазаре, | Ogrejala mesečina, Lazare, Lazare, | The moon shone, Lazar, Lazar, |
| у в' Раткини бели двори, Лазаре, Лазаре. | u v' Ratkini beli dvori, Lazare, Lazare. | in Ratka's white courtyard, Lazar, Lazar. |
| Не ми била месечина, Лазаре, Лазаре, | Ne mi bila mesečina, Lazare, Lazare, | It was not the moon, Lazar, Lazar, |
| туку била бела Рада, Лазаре, Лазаре. | tuku bila bela Rada, Lazare, Lazare. | but white (fair) Rada, Lazar, Lazar. |
| Рада има бело лице, Лазаре, Лазаре, | Rada ima belo lice, Lazare, Lazare, | Rada has a fair face, Lazar, Lazar, |
| бело лице, црни очи, Лазаре, Лазаре. | belo lice, crni oči, Lazare, Lazare. | a fair face, black eyes, Lazar, Lazar. |
| Рада има руса коса, Лазаре, Лазаре, | Rada ima rusa kosa, Lazare, Lazare, | Rada has blond hair, Lazar, Lazar, |
| руса коса до појаса, Лазаре, Лазаре. | rusa kosa do pojasa, Lazare, Lazare. | blond hair down to her waist, Lazar, Lazar. |
| Огрејала месечина, Лазаре, Лазаре, | Ogrejala mesečina, Lazare, Lazare, | The moon shone, Lazar, Lazar, |
| у в' Раткини бели двори, Лазаре, Лазаре. | u v' Ratkini beli dvori, Lazare, Lazare. | in Ratka's white courtyard, Lazar, Lazar. |
Translator's notes
'Лазаре' is a refrain, likely tied to the Lazarus-Saturday (Lazarica) custom songs, but I am not certain. 'У в' Раткини' read as 'in Ratka's'; Ratka is probably a person's name.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Костадинка Палазова
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