Lyrics to "Legnala Dana"

[Rick King]

Lately we've been doing Legnala Dana a lot. The dance was taught by Atanas Kolarovski and it's a beautiful song but there's been some question about the lyrics, some thinking it's a single verse repeated over and over. Here are the lyrics in Macedonian (latin alphabet) and English:

 Legnala Dana zaspala, lele Boze

 Vo edna mala gradina

 Vo edna mala gradina, lele Boze

 Pod edno drvo maslinka

 Poduvna veter od more, lele Boze

 Potkrši granka maslinka

 Potkrši granka maslinka, lele Boze

 Udri mi Dana po lice

 Vikna mi Dana da place, lele Boze

 Oh lele mene do boga

 Što bev si slatko zaspala, lele Boze

 I sladok son si son uvav

 Na son dojdoja tri ludi, lele Boze

 Tri ludi, tri adžamii

 Prvi mi dade zlat prsten, lele Boze

 Drugi mi dade jabolko

 Drugi mi dade jabolko, lele Boze

 Trete mi mene celuna

 Toj što mi dade zlat prsten, lele Boze

 Niz nego da se provira

 Toj što mi dade jabolko, lele Boze

 Zelan da bide do groba

 Toj što me mene celuna, lele Boze

 So nego da se vekuvam

 Dana lay down, fell asleep, O God,

 in a little garden, under an olive tree.

 The wind blew from the sea;

 it broke an olive branch; it hit Dana on the face.

 Dana cried out and began to weep - Oh dear me, gosh darn,

 I had fallen asleep so sweetly and was dreaming a sweet dream.

 In the dream three wild youths came, three wild youths, three untried youths;

 the first gave me a gold ring; the second gave me an apple; the third  kissed me

 The one who gave me a gold ring, may I slip by him;

 the one who gave me an apple, may he remain green (immature) to the grave;

 the one who kissed me, may I spend my life with him.

I found these lyrics on folkdancemusings.com.

Rick