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The Society of Folk Dance Historians (SFDH) Baba Nedelja
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BACKGROUND
Information: A song.
Translation: Grandmother Nedelja
Pronunciation: BA-ba NEE-del-ya
Lyrics translation: Tatiana Nikolova-Houston
Region: Bulgaria
Other sources: "Balkanology," Ivo Papasov, Hannibal HNCD 1363, Baba Nedelya
LYRICS
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Deto se horo igrae sred selo nasred megdana dor devet gajdi svireha dor tri tûpana bijaha. Nedelja, bulka hubava, tja se sûs gajdi nadpjava. Gajda na gajda produma: "Mlknete, gajdi, ta chujte "Mlknete, gajdi, ta chujte koj si sûs naze nadpjava. Dali e pile slavejche ili e siva gugutka?" Nito je pile slavejche, nito je siva gugutka, naj mi e bulka Nedelja, chorbadzhi Sivuva nevesta. Blazej na Sivo chorbadzhi che ima bulche hubavo che ima bulche hubavo deto si gajda nadpjava! |
There where a horo is danced, in the midst of the village, in the square, up to nine bagpipes were playing and three drums were beating. Nedelja, a beautiful young wife, she is competing with bagpipes. One bagpipe to another said: "Hush, bagpipes, so you can hear "Hush, bagpipes, so you can hear who with us is competing with us. is it a nightingale or is it a gray dove?" It's neither a nightingale nor is it a gray dove, rather it's the young wife Nedelja, rich Sivo's bride. Good fortune to rich Sivo for having a beautiful wife, for having a beautiful wife, who can out-sing a bagpipe! |
DOCUMENT
- Bulgaria, a country.
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