round dance

Čokmanovo 1

19 (a) hɔ̀ pàk huràtə hɔ̀ pàk hurà də igràime i də sə sm'èjem

Ah the dances! Ah, let’s dance horo again, and laugh

Kovačevo 1

165 (b) [laughter] kət igràəmi

[laughter] When we dance –

170 (a) štò nəròt ìməše

So many people there were!

175 (b) zə bužìk’ zə kòl’edə tùk igràət zə vilìgden’

For “Bozhik” [that is,] for Christmas, they dance here. For Easter,

185 (b) igràət žènite i de i de ìməm màlenko dète

The women [go out to] dance. [Say] I’ve got a little child

186 (b) kət nèmə kòj də mì gu čùvə

and nobody to take care of him for me –

187 (a) nə gərbɤ̀

On [your] back!

188 (b) zàdenì gu igràjəh nə unuvà vr’ème jàs ohò sn’àk du kul’ànu ə

Stick him [there]! Oh, how I danced back in those days! Snow up to your knees,

189 (b) tròpkəj tàm i dèt’tu nə gərbɤ̀ nə kòj k’i gu ustàiš

stomp there with the child on your back – who could you leave him with?

190 (a) əm ìn ìnəči əku tòj ku ne mòže də zəspì i nìa təkà

Well, if [the child] can’t fall asleep any – any other way, and then we –

191 (a) [laughter] kətu gu tròskəš i

[laughter] if you bounce him around like that …

193 (a) k’i zaspì [laughter]

… he’ll fall asleep. [laughter]

194 (b) è štò də gu pràiš

Well, what [else] are you going to do [with] him?

195 (GK) də mu sə rəzbɤ̀rkə gləvàtə

Jumble his head up a little!

196 (b) [unintelligible] štò də pràiš nèmə ni sèsrə nèəm ni màjkə

[unintelligible] What are you going to do? No sister, I didn’t have a mother either,

197 (b) nèəm ni svèkərvə izmr’àə vrèt àmi zàdenì gu

nor did I have a mother-in-law – they’d all died. So – stuff him [on my back],

198 (b) i k’i zəspì òtkərəj gu dumà k’i ližì əku əku stàni

and he’ll fall asleep. Take him back home and he’ll sleep. If – if he gets up

199 (b) nèkə rivè pu pu kɤ̀šti [laughter]

let him howl in the house [laughter]

201 (b) štò də pràiš kət

What are you going to do when –

204 (b) zàreži gu nə dumà nèku gu čùvə jàs k’e dòə nə pòrtətə

Leave him at home! Someone will take care of him – I’m off to the door …

206 (b) mèn mi sə igràə mlàdə mlàdə xùbəvə

… when I feel like dancing. Young – young and pretty …

208 (b) nə vrèmetu kət k’i čùə tɤ̀pən’e tùkə svìrkite gàjdi òhò jàs

… back then, when I hear the drums here, the flutes, the bagpipe, oh! I’d …

210 (b) stàjətə nəl’àvu nəd’àsnu zàmetì jə màlku i [laughter] tɤ̀rči navɤ̀n [laughter]

… rush around the room, right, left, sweep it out a bit, and [laughter] run outside!

213 (GK) [laughter] tɤ̀rči na xuròtu

[laughter] Run out to the dance!

214 (b) tɤ̀rči nə xòrutu əm kàk ùtre nèmə hòru

Run out to the dance. Well, what [else]? There’s no dance tomorrow!

Kozičino 2

14 (b) i kət jɛ̀ upir’èm ə tugɑ̀s vèči jə dìgəm’ə zə huròtu

and after we wash it, [we put it away] and then take it out for the round dance.

15 (b) səs nèjə hòd’im nə huròtu hòd’im nə vəl’ɛ̀nki hòd’im nə səd’ɛ̀nki

We [wear] it [when] we go dancing, when we go to fulling bees or to work bees.

Kralevo 1

76 (b) tràki wòdi huròtu nìj igràeme tràki

Traki would lead the dance and we’d dance (with) Traki.

Malevo/Asg 2

76 (b) nə mlàdite gud’ìni də kàž’e jàz bèx mnògu gul’àm xurəž’ìj

In my youth, so to say, I was a great aficionado of the round dance.

77 (b) mnògu igràex xurò i sə səbìrəme ergènite fsìčki i mòmite

I danced the round dance a lot. We would get together, bachelors and maidens

78 (b) tàm nə ednò spec’àlnu m’àstu kədèt mu kàzvəm’e igrìšte

at a special place that we called the dancing area.

79 (b) i s’àkə s’ed ned’èl’e se səbìrəme tàm i igràeme hòru

And we would gather there every Sunday and dance the round dance.

80 (b) iməš’e tugàvə muzikànte n’àkuj s cigùlkə svìl’exə svìr’exə n’àkuj

There were musicians then, some played the violin, and some

81 (b) səs gàjdə svìrexa i n’è igràeme nə xurò vesel’àme sa dumɤ̀t

played the bagpipe. And we danced the round dance and had a great time at home.

Petŭrnica

38 (a) pasɛ̀h gi glèdajme gi [cough] na pojànata ni e tàm dèto

I pastured them. We looked after them [cough]. [It was] to our meadow, where

39 (a) igràa orò àz žɤ gu zàveda na vòda go zàveda

they danced the round-dance, [that] I took him to water him. I took him

Stalevo 4

16 (b) stàvəše əm kàk ut huròd bil’à pristànvə

It happened! They would even elope [directly] from the dance.

18 (b) ut huròd bil’à pristànvə

They’d elope even from the dance.

Trŭnčovica 1

48 (a) i tugàvə si prudəlžàvət xurò

And then they continue with the round dance.

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