Песна 1187
Крени глава Кузмане
Kreni glava Kuzmane · Lift Your Head, Kuzman
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Крени глава, Кузмане бре, | Kreni glava, Kuzmane bre, | Lift your head, Kuzman, bre, |
| крени глава, Кузман, | kreni glava, Kuzman, | lift your head, Kuzman, |
| од перница. | od pernica. | from the pillow. |
| Распули се горе, долу, | Raspuli se gore, dolu, | Scatter up and down, |
| горе, долу Кузман, | gore, dolu Kuzman, | up and down, Kuzman, |
| по гора, ле. | po gora, le. | through the forest, oh. |
| Да си видиш твои другари, | Da si vidiš tvoi drugari, | Go see your comrades, |
| твои другари, Кузман, | tvoi drugari, Kuzman, | your comrades, Kuzman, |
| и Колета. | i Koleta. | and Koleta. |
| Бог да бие твои другари | Bog da bie tvoi drugari | May God strike your comrades |
| што те тебе, Кузман, | što te tebe, Kuzman, | who you, Kuzman, |
| предадоа. | predadoa. | betrayed. |
Translator's notes
Traditional. The last stanza ('шчто те тебе' text is 'што те тебе, Кузман, предадоа') is read as a curse on the comrades who betrayed Kuzman (my reading); 'распули се' is a guess.
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