Пиленце Пее

Дей, гиди, пушка-бойлия?

Дей, гиди, сабя-френгия?

В равно ми поле, широко

Зад поле гора зелена.

Във гора дърво високо,

Високо и стволовато.

На дърво пиле - славейче

Пиленце пее, говори:

Кой има либе хубаво

Да либи, да се налиби,

Че идат години размирни,

Да не му жалба остане.

Translation

A birdie is singing

Where is the long rifle1?

Where is the French sabre2?

There is a plane wide field.

There’s a green forest behind the field.

In the forest a tall tree.

Tall and with a big trunk.

On the tree, there is a birdie, a little nightingale;

The birdie is singing, talking:

- Those who have beautiful beloved ones

Let make love to them and never have enough,

Because turbulent years are coming,

So he won’t regret later.

1. From turkish word ‘boy’-‘size’, usually means with a size of a man
2. I don’t know how this ‘frengiya’ , meaning 'French' has entered our language. In other songs and epics the sabre was called “damaskinya”, meaning “made in Damascus”

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Bulgarian Folk: Top 3

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2.	Чичовите конье (Chichovite konye)
3.	Ерген деда (Ergen dedo)

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