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JOVANO JOVANKE

Macedonia. Jovana is a female name, similar to English Joanna. Jovanka is a diminutive version of the name, and Jovano and Jovanke are the vocative case of these names - i.e. the way the name is said in Macedonian when speaking to the person. (Thanks to Nikolaj Korbar who e-mailed me with these details). There are many arrangements of this song, and slightly different versions of the lyrics. You can listen to an mp3 extract of this song. See below for Jovano Jovanke ringtones

Jovano, Jovanke,
// Kraj Vardarot sediš mori,
Belo platno beliš,
Belo platno beliš dušo,
Sve na gore gledaš.// 

Jovano, Jovanke,
// Jas tebe te cekam mori,
Doma da mi dojdeš,
A ti ne doadaš, dušo
Srce moe Jovano.// 

Jovano, Jovanke,
// Tvojata majka mori,
Tebe neke pušta,
Kaj mene da dojdeš, dušo
Srce moe, Jovano.// 

 

Jovano, Jovanke,
You sit by the Vardar,
Bleaching your white linen,
Bleaching your white linen, my dear
Looking at the hills*.

Jovano, Jovanke,
I'm waiting for you,
To come to my home,
And you don't come, my dear
My heart, Jovano.

Jovano, Jovanke,
Your mother
Won't let you go
To come to me, my dear
My heart, Jovano.

The Vardar is Macedonia's main river. * Another translation gives "sky" instead of "hills" (website source no longer available).

 

JOVANO JOVANKE RINGTONES

Source - FreeHindiTones.com, based on Vlatko Stefanovski version. They also have ringtones for Navali Se Sar Planina.

Tempo 160

4e2 8e2 4e2 4e2 8e2 8d2 8e2 4f2 8f2 8e2 4d2 8d2 4d2 4d2 8d2 8c2 8d2 4.e2 8- 4c2 8c2 4c2 8d2 8e2 4f2 8e2 4d2 4c2 32c2 8d2 8c2 8b1 4c2 4d2 4b1 8d2 16c2 32b1 32c2 8b1 8a1 8#g1 4#g1 8b1 8a1 8#g1 8f1 8e2 2e1

3 * 3 8 3 9 3 3 8 2 3 4 9 4 8 3 2 9 2 8 2 9 2 2 8 1 2 3. 9 0 8 1 1 8 1 9 2 8 3 4 9 3 8 2 9 1 1 8 8 8 2 9 9 1 7 * * 1 * 9 2 7 * * 2 * 8 1 8 7 * * 8 1 * 7 * * 9 9 6 5 # 5 # 9 7 8 6 5 # 4 3 * 3 * * 9 9

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