OJ POVED' KOLO

(Croatie)          

Oj poved' kolo
/ moja noga liva. /
Oh, lead the kolo,
my left foot.
Oj stara lolo
/ jesi l' gdjegod živa? /
Oh, old sweetheart
are you alive somewhere?
Oj bilo lice
/ i žuta marama. /
Oh, white face
and yellow scarf.
Oj to pasira
/ nama Gundinkama. /
Oh, that is what suits
us women of Gundinci.
Oj kad poigra
/ mlada Šokadija, /
Oh, when the young people
of Šokadija dance,
Oj pod njima se
/ zemljica uvija. /
Oh, beneath them
the ground trembles!

Source : MIT Folk Dance Club.

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