Песна 1249

Костадине, море мили сине

Kostadine, more mili sine · Kostadin, hey, dear son

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- Костадине, море мили сине,	- Kostadine, more mili sine,	- Kostadin, hey, dear son,
дека одиш сине ката вечер,	deka odiš sine kata večer,	where do you go, son, every evening,
ката вечер, сине, пред вечера?	kata večer, sine, pred večera?	every evening, son, before supper?
Вечерето сине тебе чека,	Večereto sine tebe čeka,	Supper is waiting for you, son,
да се врниш сине, да вечереш,	da se vrniš sine, da večereš,	so you come back, son, and eat,
да постелеш, мале, да си легнеш.	da posteleš, male, da si legneš.	so you make the bed, mother, and lie down.

- Ој ле, мале мори, стара мале,	- Oj le, male mori, stara male,	- Oh, mother, hey, old mother,
штом ме питаш, мале, ќе ти кажам,	štom me pitaš, male, ḱe ti kažam,	since you ask me, mother, I will tell you,
тебе нема мале да те лажам.	tebe nema male da te lažam.	I will not lie to you, mother.
Дења шетам, мале, неврокопско,	Denja šetam, male, nevrokopsko,	By day I stroll, mother, around Nevrokop,
ја по ноќа, мале, по разлошко,	ja po noḱa, male, po razloško,	and by night, mother, around Razlog,
код момите, мале, јубавите.	kod momite, male, jubavite.	at the girls', mother, the pretty ones.

Пелин било, мале, вечерето,	Pelin bilo, male, večereto,	Wormwood is the supper, mother,
огин гори, мале, постелето,	ogin gori, male, posteleto,	fire burns the bed, mother,
огин гори, мале, постелето.	ogin gori, male, posteleto.	fire burns the bed, mother.
Кога нема, мале, малкај мома,	Koga nema, male, malkaj moma,	When there is no, mother, little girl,
да ми каже мале, да вечерем,	da mi kaže male, da večerem,	to tell me, mother, to have supper,
до постеле, мале, да си легнем.	do postele, male, da si legnem.	to the bed, mother, to lie down.

Translator's notes

Dialect of the Nevrokop/Razlog area (Pirin Macedonia). 'да постелеш, мале' is my reading (mother addressed mid-line). 'малкај мома' read as 'little girl'.

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Performers on Pesna.org: Магдалена Морарова, Народен вез, Петранка Костадинова, Танец

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