Песна 1200
Орал дедо
Oral dedo · The Ploughing Grandfather
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Орал дедо, што ми орал, | Oral dedo, što mi oral, | Grandfather was ploughing, what was he ploughing, |
| чул в' селото тапан чука, | čul v' seloto tapan čuka, | he heard the drum beating in the village, |
| си распрегнал двата вола, | si raspregnal dvata vola, | he unyoked his two oxen |
| па ги влегнал во два дола. | pa gi vlegnal vo dva dola. | and drove them into two valleys. |
| Па си ојде во селото, | Pa si ojde vo seloto, | Then he went to the village, |
| во селото, кај берберот, | vo seloto, kaj berberot, | to the village, to the barber, |
| си избрикол брадичката, | si izbrikol bradičkata, | he shaved his little beard, |
| си потстригол мустаќите. | si potstrigol mustaḱite. | he trimmed his mustache. |
| Па си појде на орото, | Pa si pojde na oroto, | Then he went to the dance, |
| на орото кај момите, | na oroto kaj momite, | to the dance where the girls are, |
| па ги прашал: - „Убав ли сум, | pa gi prašal: - „Ubav li sum, | and asked them: - "Am I handsome, |
| убав ли сум, личен ли сум“? | ubav li sum, ličen li sum“? | am I handsome, am I good-looking?" |
| - Убав си ни, личен си ни, | - Ubav si ni, ličen si ni, | - You are handsome to us, good-looking to us, |
| како вампир сега си ни, | kako vampir sega si ni, | now you are like a vampire to us, |
| како маче, гурелаво, | kako mače, gurelavo, | like a mangy kitten, |
| како прле, потстрижено. | kako prle, potstriženo. | like a shorn piglet. |
Translator's notes
Humorous traditional-style song. 'гурелаво' (mangy/scruffy) and 'прле' (piglet) are my reading of dialect words; 'влегнал во два дола' I took as 'drove into two valleys'.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Никола Бадев
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