Песна 1203
Не сум вечерало
Ne sum večeralo · I haven't had supper
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| Оф леле, леле, сношти сум се, | Of lele, lele, snošti sum se, | Oh alas, alas, last night I got |
| оф леле наљутило, | of lele naljutilo, | oh alas, angry, |
| не сум вечерало, | ne sum večeralo, | I haven't had supper, |
| оф леле, леле, леле, леле, ле. | of lele, lele, lele, lele, le. | oh alas, alas, alas, alas, le. |
| Оф леле, леле, мене ме е мама | Of lele, lele, mene me e mama | Oh alas, alas, my mother has |
| посвршила, | posvršila, | finished me off, |
| за едно старо аро, | za edno staro aro, | for some old rascal, |
| оф леле, леле, леле, леле, ле. | of lele, lele, lele, lele, le. | oh alas, alas, alas, alas, le. |
| Оф леле, леле, ако ми е старо, | Of lele, lele, ako mi e staro, | Oh alas, alas, even if he is old, |
| оф леле, леле, старо ле аро, | of lele, lele, staro le aro, | oh alas, alas, old rascal, |
| нека ми е живо, | neka mi e živo, | let him be alive, |
| оф леле, леле, леле, леле, ле. | of lele, lele, lele, lele, le. | oh alas, alas, alas, alas, le. |
| Оф леле, леле, ќе му месам, | Of lele, lele, ḱe mu mesam, | Oh alas, alas, I will knead for him, |
| оф леле, леле, пресно ле с' месно, | of lele, lele, presno le s' mesno, | oh alas, alas, unleavened, as kneaded, |
| да не позбеснува, | da ne pozbesnuva, | so that he doesn't go mad, |
| оф леле, леле, леле, леле, ле. | of lele, lele, lele, lele, le. | oh alas, alas, alas, alas, le. |
Translator's notes
Origin unclear. The text is dialectal and partly garbled; lines 1-2 of stanza 1, 'мене ме е мама посвршила' (my reading: mother married me off) and 'пресно ле с' месно' are my reading.
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