Performance
| [Story-pattern] | |||
| vA da pije vod rezerve vino! | 91 | Then let him drink wine from his reserve! | |
| vA na glavu kalpak i čelenke, | 92 | And on Alija's head were a fur cap with chelenke, | |
| *hI* Jedan kalapak, dvan'es' čelinaka; | 93 | A single cap, twelve chelenke; | C |
| vA vokolo dvan'es' perunica, | 94 | Encircling it were twelve irises, | C |
| Medju njima ptica sokolica. | 95 | And in their midst a tiny falcon-image. | |
| Pa pripasa lokovanu palu | 96 | Then he strapped on his forged blade | C |
| vA vu džepe nasipa cekina, | 97 | And into his pockets he poured some sequins, | |
| vA na noge čizme ji mamuze, | 98 | And on his feet boots and spurs, | |
| vA prigrnu moraču dolamu. | 99 | And he threw a purple cloak over himself. | |
| vU bećara nema hizmećara, | 100 | A bachelor has no maidservant, | C |
| Poče momak zatvorati vrata, | 101 | The young man began to close the doors, | |
| Naponaše o' svake vodaje. | 102 | One by one for each room. | |
| Dok sv' odaje bijo zatvorijo, | 103 | When he had closed all the rooms, | C |
| vOnda sidje momak na vavliju. | 104 | Then down to the courtyard the young man went. | C |
| vOnda dodje do podruma svoga, | 105 | Then he arrived at his stable, | |
| vA vone pušća dva hrta zelena, | 106 | Released his two spirited greyhounds, | C |
| vA ji momak svede na vavliju. | 107 | And to the courtyard the young man led them. | C |
| Dobra konja za dizgine jama, | 108 | He took the good horse by its reins | C |
| Pa ga vodi pred avlinska vrata. | 109 | Then led it out in front of the courtyard gates. | |
| Pa vondaka vrata zatvorijo, | 110 | Then after that he closed the gates, | |
| ## vOndaka vrata zaključava, | 111 | And finally he locked them up | C |
| vU vavliju ključe preturija. | 112 | Threw the keys back into the courtyard. | C |
| Momak svoga konja zajašijo, | 113 | The young man mounted his horse, | |
| vA za njime dva hrta zelena. | 114 | And behind him the two spirited greyhounds. | C |
| vA vudari von od Visokoga; | 115 | So then he struck out from Visoko; | |
| Pa veto ga šever Sarajevo. | 116 | Now there before him was the great city of Sarajevo. | C |
| Sve Saraj'vo zdravo prolazijo, | 117 | He passed safely through all of Sarajevo, | C |
| vUstipraći, vonda vokrenuvo, | 118 | Dancing his horse, then he turned onward, | C |
| Pa vondaka Višegradu kletu. | 119 | Then after that by accursed Višegrad. | |
| Kad dopade Drini na vobalu, | 120 | When he got as far as the river Drina's shore, |
- 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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