| OKOL PLEVEN (Pravo) |
| Okol Pleven, okol Pleven, okol Pleven Rusi snovat, Rusi snovat, Rusi snovat, Rusi snovat Turci gonat. | Around Pleven* the Russians are bustling about, the Russians are bustling about, chasing the Turks. |
| Zagraden je, obsaden je, obsaden e [Pleven] grada. Rusi go sa zagradili, zagradili, obsadili. | It is surrounded, it is besieged, the city of [Pleven] is besieged. The Russians have surrounded it, surrounded it, besieged it. |
| Osman Pasa, Osman Pasa Na stol sedi, kniga pise : "Oj sultane, moj sultane, oj sultane, nasi carju! | The Turkish lord Osman sits at a table, writes a letter : "O sultan, my sultan, O sultan, our emperor! |
| Pratete mi malko vojska, ce mi vojska namalela, Namalela, ogolela, ogolela, obosela. | Send me a bit of army, for my army has shrunk, shrunk and become naked, become naked and barefoot. |
| ce topove iztroseni."A sultana otgovarja : "Nemam vojska da ti prata, nito puski, ni topove." | And the cannons are broken." But the sultan answers : "I have no army to send you, neither guns, nor cannon." |
| * a city in northern Bulgaria | |