Bulgarian Folk - Чичовите конье (Chichovite konye) (English translation)

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Bulgarian Folk – Чичовите конье

English translation

Bulgarian

Original lyrics

Чичовите конье

Чичовите конье на пайвант пасат,

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо,

На пайвант пасат, надалеко гледат,

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо,

Надалеко гледат на годеж да идат,

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо,

На годеж да идат у свато Георги,

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо,

"Добър ти вечер, свате ле Георги,

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо,

Знаеш ли, свате, защо сме дошли ?

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо,

Ния сме дошле за ваша Мара,

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо,

За ваша Мара, за наш Йованчо

Тути ман, тути ман, тути либе на фидан,

Я-я, гагана, дзупай, либе, босо.

English

Translation

My uncle's horses

My uncle's horses pasture chained with shackles,

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk1my love, barefoot!

They pasture chained with shackles, they look far away,

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk, my love, barefoot!

They look far away, they're impatient to go to a betrothal,

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk, my love, barefoot!

To go to a betrothal to svat2 George,

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk, my love, barefoot!

"Good evening to you, svat George,

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk, my love, barefoot!

Do you know, svat, why we have come?

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk, my love, barefoot!

We have come for your Mara3,

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk, my love, barefoot!

To wed your Mara to our Yovancho4

Be patient, be patient, be patient my love, as thin as a sapling.

Oh, look, walk, my love, barefoot!

1. Or jump
2. Well, I intentionally left this word as it is originally because I don't think it can be translated in English. From this word derives the word сватба (wedding), so we have svats from both sides - girl's and boy's. Svats are the parents of the girl and the boy. I mean the relation between the parents of the girl and the boy who are getting married is this - they are svats to each other. Actually not only the parents but also all the relative from both sides.
3. Short from Maria
4. Diminutive for Ivan