Pusta Mladost

Bulgarian/Macedonian folk song

from the Pirin Region of southwest Bulgaria, near Greece

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LYRICS:

Pusta mladost, malé, pusta mladost,
pusta mladost mila y malé ne se stiga
pusta mladost mila y malé ne se stiga.

(Ne se stiga, malé, ne se srešcha
ni se s pari mila y malé ne kupuva
ni se s pari mila y malé ne kupuva.)

Mladost teče, malé, mladost teče,
mladost teče, mila y malé kato voda
mladost teče, mila y malé kato voda.

Starost debi, malé, starost debi
starost debi mila y malé kato senča
starost debi mila y malé kato senča.

English translation:

Wretched youth, mother, wretched youth.
Wretched youth, dear mother, is never enough.

It's never enough, mother, it cannot be met
and with money, dear mother, it cannot be bought.

Youth flows, mother, youth flows.
Youth flows, dear mother, like water.

Old age lurks, mother, old age lurks.
Old age lurks, dear mother, like a shadow.