Ako umra il zagina.../If I die or if I perish...

    Folk Song


     
    Ako umra il zagina, If I die or if I parish
    nemoy da me jalite don't you ever cry for meeee
    Natochete ruyno vino Pour a lot of red wine
    skqrshete gi chashite and break all the glasses
     
    Eeeee, verni drugari Eeeee, you my faithful friends
    pesnya zapeyte, mene spomnyayte sing aloud a song and remember me
     
    Ako umra il zagina, If I die or if I parish
    pop nemoy da vikate don't you call a priest
    Viy na groba mi elate but come by my grave
    'horo da zaigrate and start a dance
     
    Eeeee, verni drugari Eeeee, you my faithful friends
    pesnya zapeyte, mene spomniayte sing aloud a song and remember me
     
    Ako umra il zagina If I die or if I parish
    ste ostanat spomeni the memories will be
    shto e ludo, ludo mlado for what son-of-a-gun I was
    vo mladite godini! in the years of youth!
    Translated into English by Ivan Vassilev.(?)

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