Песна 1068
Капитан болен лежи
Kapitan bolen leži · The Captain Lies Ill
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Капитан болен лежи, | Kapitan bolen leži, | The captain lies ill, |
| постела му росна трева. | postela mu rosna treva. | his bed is dewy grass. |
| Завивка му сино небо, | Zavivka mu sino nebo, | His blanket is the blue sky, |
| уз глава му тенка пушка. | uz glava mu tenka puška. | by his head a slender rifle. |
| На дружина говореше: | Na družina govoreše: | He spoke to his company: |
| - Ојте вази мои другари, | - Ojte vazi moi drugari, | - Hey, you, my comrades, |
| писмо си ми напишете, | pismo si mi napišete, | write a letter for me, |
| на моето прво либе, | na moeto prvo libe, | to my first love, |
| дек' сум јас тук' загинал. | dek' sum jas tuk' zaginal. | where I have fallen here (my reading). |
Translator's notes
Traditional soldier or rebel song as far as I can tell. The last line ('дек' сум јас тук' загинал') is my reading; 'дек'' = where (dialect).
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