The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #81713   Message #1498852
Posted By: GUEST,M.Ted
02-Jun-05 - 11:49 PM
Thread Name: Tune Req: Yovano Yovanke / Jovano, Jovanke
Subject: RE: Tune Req: Yovano Yovanke
You mean Jovano,Jovanke? When you ask, "How does it go?" how should we respond? I've got some lyrics(in transliteration):


Verse 1
Jovano, Jovanke
Kraj Vardarot sedish, mori
Belo platno belish
Se na gore gledash, dusho
Srce moje Jovano
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Verse 2
Jovano, Jovanke
Jas te tebe chekam, mori
Doma da mi dojdesh
A ti ne doagash, dusho
Srce moje Jovano
Verse 3
Jovano, Jovanke
Tvojata majka, mori
Tebe ne te pushta
Ti mene da dojdesh, dusho
Srce moje Jovano



And also some translation:

Jovano, Jovanke,
You sit by the Vardar,
Bleaching your white linen,
Bleaching your white linen, my dear
Looking at the hills*(or sky)

Jovano, Jovanke,
I'm waiting for you,
To come to my home,
And you don't come, my dear
My heart, Jovano.

Jovano, Jovanke,
Your mother
Won't let you go
To come to me, my dear
My heart, Jovano.

Also in my books, somewhere is music written out. To let me know, and this you will be welcome to have, but I must know where to send it.