058. Selom ide pisan jelen

Dialect: D
Theme: From autumn to autumn
Reference: MZA-VT-AV-4.012A (04.48–05.13)
Title or Incipit: Selom ide pisan jelen [A colourful deer is walking through the village]
Locality: Lukovišće /Lakócsa
Sung by “women and girls” from Lakócsa (Lukovišće)
Year: 1953
Recorded by: László K. Kovács

Comment: The song is led by Jaga Petrinovićeva, accompanied by the group of women (“folk choir”) from Lakócsa (Lukovišće). Archaic melody, lyrics of mythological context and symmetrical form show a ritual purpose.

A transcription was published in the Collection (nr. 128).

NOTE

LYRICS

Two: Selom ide pisan jelen, lipero,
lepo tvoje crno oko divojko!
Everybody: Selom ide pisan jelen, lipero,
lepo tvoje crno oko, divojko!
I – hu!

Selom ide pisan jelen,
selom ide, Boga moli:
„Daj mi, Bože, zlatne roge,
da orušim gori vrha,
da ja vidim, što j’ u gori?“
U gori su tri postelje,
na svakojoj po gospoja,
svaka svoje čedo ljulja.