Песна 1199
Ивано, Иванке
Ivano, Ivanke · Ivana, Ivanka
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Не се кревај на големо, | Ne se krevaj na golemo, | Don't lift yourself up too high, |
| Ивано, Иванке, | Ivano, Ivanke, | Ivana, Ivanka, |
| да не паднеш на колено, | da ne padneš na koleno, | lest you fall to your knees, |
| Ивано, Иванке. | Ivano, Ivanke. | Ivana, Ivanka. |
| Дигни очи, погледај ме, | Digni oči, pogledaj me, | Raise your eyes, look at me, |
| Ивано, Иванке, | Ivano, Ivanke, | Ivana, Ivanka, |
| крши веѓи, намигни ми, | krši veǵi, namigni mi, | knit your brows, wink at me, |
| Ивано, Иванке. | Ivano, Ivanke. | Ivana, Ivanka. |
| Кога одиш, прав не дигаш, | Koga odiš, prav ne digaš, | When you walk, you raise no dust, |
| Ивано, Иванке, | Ivano, Ivanke, | Ivana, Ivanka, |
| кога думаш, бисер нижиш, | koga dumaš, biser nižiš, | when you speak, you string pearls, |
| Ивано, Иванке. | Ivano, Ivanke. | Ivana, Ivanka. |
| Устето ти шеќер, | Usteto ti šeḱer, | Your little mouth is sugar, |
| Ивано, Иванке, | Ivano, Ivanke, | Ivana, Ivanka, |
| уста блажи, душа гори, | usta blaži, duša gori, | it soothes the mouth, it burns the soul, |
| Ивано, Иванке, | Ivano, Ivanke, | Ivana, Ivanka, |
| не се кревај на големо, | ne se krevaj na golemo, | don't lift yourself up too high, |
| Ивано, Иванке, | Ivano, Ivanke, | Ivana, Ivanka, |
| да не паднеш на колено, | da ne padneš na koleno, | lest you fall to your knees, |
| Ивано, Иванке. | Ivano, Ivanke. | Ivana, Ivanka. |
Translator's notes
'прав не дигаш' is my reading ('you raise no dust', possibly dialect for прав = прашина); could also mean 'you don't hold yourself upright'. Origin unclear.
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