Песна 1237
Браче ле Божине
Brače le Božine · Brother Bozhin
English: machine translation, not checked by a native speaker
| (Песна за Јордан Пиперката) | (Pesna za Jordan Piperkata) | (Song about Jordan Piperkata) |
| Браче ле, браче, Божине, | Brače le, brače, Božine, | Brother, hey brother Bozhin, |
| ноќеска сон сум сонила, | noḱeska son sum sonila, | tonight I dreamed a dream, |
| на сон го видов Јордана, | na son go vidov Jordana, | in the dream I saw Jordan, |
| на бела коња јаваше. | na bela konja javaše. | he was riding a white horse. |
| На бела коња јаваше, | Na bela konja javaše, | He was riding a white horse, |
| со црна роза доземи, | so crna roza dozemi, | with a black rose in hand (my reading), |
| со црвен појас запашан, | so crven pojas zapašan, | with a red sash tied on, |
| Версконо поле шеташе. | Verskono pole šetaše. | he was walking in the Versko field. |
| Браче ле, браче, Божине, | Brače le, brače, Božine, | Brother, hey brother Bozhin, |
| в' темнина тој е загинат, | v' temnina toj e zaginat, | in the darkness he has perished, |
| в' темнина тој е загинат, | v' temnina toj e zaginat, | in the darkness he has perished, |
| в' Церсконо поле на џаде. | v' Cerskono pole na džade. | in the Cersko field, on the road (my reading). |
| Браче ле, браче, Божине, | Brače le, brače, Božine, | Brother, hey brother Bozhin, |
| собери мало, големо, | soberi malo, golemo, | gather the small and the great, |
| ај д`ојме да го бараме, | aj d`ojme da go barame, | come, let us go look for him, |
| гробнина да му знаеме. | grobnina da mu znaeme. | so that we know his grave. |
Translator's notes
Origin unclear. 'со црна роза доземи' and 'на џаде' are dialect and unclear to me, so those renderings are guesses. 'Версконо/Церсконо поле' are place names I could not verify.
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Performers on Pesna.org: Демирхисарски бисери, Миле Миладиноски, Спасен Силјаноски Паце
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