Песна 1074
Ветар вее, снег долета
Vetar vee, sneg doleta · The Wind Blows, Snow Has Arrived
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Ветар вее, снег долета, | Vetar vee, sneg doleta, | The wind blows, snow has arrived, |
| Македонец студ не знаj, | Makedonec stud ne znaj, | the Macedonian knows no cold, |
| режи, режи ти бичкиjо, | reži, reži ti bičkijo, | cut, cut, you little saw, |
| бегаj црна сиромаштиjо! | begaj crna siromaštijo! | flee, black poverty! |
| Тоj остави в' Македониjа | Toj ostavi v' Makedonija | He left in Macedonia |
| до три дребни дечица. | do tri drebni dečica. | three small children. |
| режи, режи ти бичкиjо, | reži, reži ti bičkijo, | Cut, cut, you little saw, |
| бегаj црна сиромаштиjо! | begaj crna siromaštijo! | flee, black poverty! |
| Чукаj, чукаj, чук моj верен, | Čukaj, čukaj, čuk moj veren, | Chop, chop, my faithful axe, |
| пукаj, пукаj камак црн, | pukaj, pukaj kamak crn, | burst, burst, black stone, |
| режи, режи ти бичкиjо, | reži, reži ti bičkijo, | cut, cut, you little saw, |
| бегаj црна сиромаштиjо! | begaj crna siromaštijo! | flee, black poverty! |
Translator's notes
Traditional pechalbar (migrant labourer) style song. 'Чук мој верен' and 'камак црн' are my reading (tool and stone being worked); source spelling has a stray 'j' for 'ј' which I read normally.
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