Performance
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“vAzurula, kita vi svatovi! | 481 | “Prepare yourselves, forces and wedding attendants! | C |
Ko je pješak, priteži vopanke; | 482 | Whoever's a Footsoldier, tighten your boots! | |
Konjenici, na spone kolane.” | 483 | Horsemen, buckle your girths.” | C |
vA vu noge skočiše junaci, | 484 | And the heroes jumped to their feet, | C |
vA jamiše bajraki bajrake. | 485 | And the bearers grabbed the standards. | C |
vA se svaki bili vodredili: | 486 | Then each and every one was appointed: | C |
Stari svate silan Osmanbeže, | 487 | The eldest witness powerful Osmanbey, | C |
Selambaša Mujo buljubaša; | 488 | The official greeter Captain Mujo; | C |
A tu bili kad su polazili. | 489 | And there they were as the company departed. | |
Tad zavika silan Osmanbeže: | 490 | Then powerful Osmanbey began to shout,: | C |
“vO O Turčine, Narlanović Mujo, | 491 | “O Turk, Narlane's son Mujo, | |
vAjde prodji na tijesna klanca, | 492 | Hurry and go ahead to the narrow gorge, | C |
Pa ti jami divit i papira, | 493 | Then take a writing-box and paper, | |
Pa ti voćeš tefteriti vojsku -- | 494 | So you can make a record of the army's strength -- | C |
vA koliko bojne vojske jima, | 495 | And how many brave soldiers there are, | C |
vE! Koliko vu bega svatova | 496 | E! How many of the bey's wedding attendants | C |
Što se danas puno viskupilo, | 497 | Who have gathered here today in abundance, | |
Što je zvano vi što nije zvano; | 498 | Those invited and those uninvited; | |
Puno ji' je ji još dolazilo | 499 | The army was complete and still more have arrived | |
Koga nije lički beže zvavo. | 500 | Whom the bey of the Lika didn't invite. | |
jIma vojske puno preko reda.” | 501 | There are soldiers in abundance throughout the ranks.” | |
vA da vidiš Narlanović Muje, | 502 | But you should have seen Narlane's son Mujo, | C |
Koji znade sve sedam jezika -- | 503 | Who knew all the seven languages -- | C |
Pa propade prošečemu klancu, | 504 | /Then he disappered in the jagged gorge, | C |
Pa von tefter tuka rasklapijo: | 505 | Then there he opened his account book: | C |
Rasklopi ga vOsmanu na glavi, | 506 | He opened it with Osman at the head | C |
vA zaklopi pa Tali za vratom, | 507 | And closed it with Tale at the rear, | |
Jer najzad'i Tale nalazijo. | 508 | Since Tale came along last of all. | C |
Dvades' i pet pa po broju bilo, | 509 | Twenty-five by number there were, | C |
Dvades' i pet pa bilo hiljada, | 510 | Twenty-five thousand there were, | C |
- Preface
- Pronunciation Key
- Introduction
- Portrait of the Singer
- Synopsis of the Story
- Performance by Halil Bajgorić
- Performance-based Commentary
- Nikola Vujnović’s Resinging
- Apparatus Fabulosus
- The Role of Music
- Performatives and Poetics
- Bibliography
- Text Translation (pdf, 216 KB)
- Play Audio (mp3, 70.4MB)
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