1. LE[OK - PESNI OD DU[A ( LESOK SONGS OF SOUL ), LESOK - PESNI OD DUSA

1. LE[OK - PESNI OD DU[A ( LESOK SONGS OF SOUL ), LESOK - PESNI OD DUSA MITE od QE[EK ( MITE from LJESEK) MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 16

( foto: Mitko Spiroski, Le{ok, maj 2009, Cvetot na bagremite na Kale do Le{o~kata reka ) ( photo: Mitko Spiroski, Lesok, May 2009, Flower of acacias on Citadel to Lesok s river) 1. 1 Q U B O F QUBOF Qubovta e silna i nemerliva. Qubovta e posilna I od mo}ta na kralot I od silata na lavot Qubovta i planini ru{i A qubovta mo`e i `elezo da bu{i Qubovta mrazot go topi Qubovta i vulkanot go gasi Qubovta mo`e od bolest da te spasi Qubovta mo`e i do zvezdite da te nosi No, golemata qubov kon rodot svoj Mo`e i na zemja da te pokosi. Familijo i moj rode od Le{ok, znaj, Na qubovta i nema kraj. Se mo`e da zemete od mene MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 17

No, qubovta, ne, ne... i nikako, NE. Taa silno sveti i gori vo mene I nema ~ovek {to }e mi ja zeme. Qubovta mi e od Gospoda dar. Vsadena od MAMA i TATO kako SON^EV @AR Silno da qubi{ bli`en i svoj roden kraj E kako da `ivee{ vo neviden raj. Le{ok, 29 Septemvri 2008 god. (Moj Rodenden) Mitko Spiroski 1. 1 LOVE ( LJ U B O F-LJUBOV ) LOVE The love is strong and immense. The love is stronger Than the power of king And the strength of lion The love batters mountais And the love can pierce an iron The love melts the ice, The love douses the vulcan. The love can save you of illness The love can take you to the stars But, the big love to one s own kin Can poleax you to earh. Family and my kin from Lesok, to know you, The love doesn t end. Everything you may take of me But, the love, no, no.. and no way, NO. It shines strongly and burns in me And nobody can take it of me. My love is a gift of God. It is embeded of MUM and DAD like a SHINY EMBERS To love one s own a close relative strongly and one s own a birthplace Is like living in an unparalleled paradise. Lesek, 29 September,2008 (My Birthday) Mitko Spiroski MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 18

( foto: Mitko Spiroski, Leshok, juni 2009, Cvetot na kostenite na Shar Planina ) ( photo: Mitko Spiroski, Lesok, June 2009, The maroon of Shar Planina ) 1. 2 Q E [ E K QE[EK Bo`e, mili Kakvo ~udo ova bilo U moj QE[EK Svekoj ~uek I svekoe drvce, liste i kam~e Mene da mi e milo. Gospode Bo`e, Kakva magija mene mi stori Kogaj }e dojdem u Qe{ek Srceto i du{ata od ni{to da ne me boqi. Kakov eliksir ti napravi Bo`e Hrana za du{ata i moeto telo E, {tom pristignem u moeto rodno selo. MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 19

O~ite da se opijat u prirodata bujna Plu}ata da se nadi{at so avata ~ista Ustata da se napie slatka voda od na{ata [ARA A, Ja da u`ivam u dru{tvo so meze, rakia, grav~e i ubaa skara. Nave~er da qegnem i da zaspiem u dl,bok son A, utroto rano da me razbudi od vrap~iwata zvon. ^itatelu, znaj Za mene u QE[EK E isto kako u raj. I nemoj, da me `aqite mene U QE[EK ako umrem I Gospod pri sebe me zeme. Jas imam samo edna `elba mala Da go izvadite SRCETO od moeto telo I da go odnesete VE^NO da ~uka u moeto RODNO SELO. Qe{ek, Makedonija, od 29 Septemvri 1949 do groba... ( foto: M. Spiroski, Panorama na Le{ok i Le{o~kiot manastir, Noemvri 2005 god. ) ( photo: M. Spiroski, Panorama of Lesok and Lesok Monastery, November 2005) MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 20

(Mitko Spiroski i sinot Ognen, vo mojot p~elarnik so 150 dru{tva-sanadaci ( trmke),mlaka, Le{ok,1994 ) (Mitko Spiroski and the son Ognen, in My bee-garden with 150 boxes (bees), Mlaka, Lesok,1994 ) 1. 2 LJESEK ( LJESEK-LESOK ) Gosh, dearie What a miracle was In my LJESEK Every man And every stick, leaf and stone To be endearingly for me. LJESEK Goodness, What a magic you have done me When I come in Ljesek My heart and soul don t hurt me of anything. What a elixir Good grief has made Food for the soul and my body E, When I get in my village of birth. The ayes to be intoxicated in the dense nature The chest to get a good breath of the clean locality MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 21

The mouth to drink sweet water of our SHARA And, I to enjoy in a company with a starter, brandy, beautiful barbecue. I to lie down and fall asleep in the eveningt in a deep dream And, the tolling of sparrows to awake me in the morning Reader,to know you For me in LJESEK Is like in a paradise. And you don t, bemoan me, If I die in LJESEK And God takes me. I have only one a small desire To pull out the HEART of my body And to take to thump FOREVER In my VILLAGE OF BIRTH. Ljesek, Macedonia, of 29 September,1949 to a burial ( Makedonija ja razgrabaa sosednite dr`avi Bugarija, Srbija i Grcija pred i vo Balkanskite vojni od 1912-14 god.) ( Macedonia is bought up of neighbouring states Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece before and during the Balkan wars from 1912-14 ) MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 22

( VANDALI na 21 vek, ja razurnaa so dinamit crkvata Sv. Atanasie od Le{ok na 21 Avgust 2001 god.) ( VANDALS in 21 century destroyed the church St. Atanasie of Lesok using dynamite on 21 August, 2001) 1. 3 PESNA ZA 2001 LETO 2001 LETO [ara se trese{e vo ne~uen ek Kako nikoga{ vo minatiot ni vek 2001 leto VANDALI dinamit vo temeli stavija I za tren Manastirot za zemja ni go sravnija Toga{, mojot rod od Le{ok i rodniot mi kraj Nekoj go navede da go napu{ti vekovniot raj. Se upatija kon Ratae i @il~e selo A potoa vo nade` kon Skopje,velat, ubavo i belo Dojdoa duri do Zakonodavniot dom Go ostavija rodniot kraj celiot vo lom I ~ekavme da ni ja re{at sudbinata OVAA i ONAA strana So pomo{ na OLESNUVA^I za da nema mana Ni napravija tie edna golema mamka ]e se vratime doma ako potpi{eme ramka Rekoa, ne, toa ne e nikakva zamka Posle toa }e dobiete i evtina banka ]e pote~e med i mleko vo sekoj na{ DOM Ne e va`no dali si OVA, ONA ili pak ROM Go slu{nav saatot i negoviot budilen ZVON O, Gospode, Bo`e, pa, ova e JAVE, a ne nekakov SON., 28 Avgust 2001 god. Mitko Spiroski MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 23

( Semejna ikona: Presveta majka Bogorodica, Pre~ista, moja doma{na slava, koja ja naslediv od tatko mi ) (Family icon: the Virgin Mary, Refinement-Precista, my family feast,which is inherited from my father) 1. 3 SONG FOR 2001 SUMMER ( PESNA ZA 2001 LETO ) SONG FOR 2001 SUMMER Shara shaked in an unheard-of clang Like never in the past century VANDALS put a dynamite in foothold The Monastery wiped off the face of the earth in a moment Then, my kin from Lesok and my birthplace Someone led them to leave for ages paradise. They directed to Ratae and Zilce And then in a hope to Skopje,they say,beautiful and white They CAME even to the Legislative home They left the birthplace in a crash. MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 24

And we waited decision of the desteny THIS-OVAA and THAT-ONAA side With a help by HELPERS to don t have a flaw They have done us a big catch We ll come back home if we sign a framework Tey said, no, that isn t a frame-up After that you ll receive and a cheap bank A honey and milk will brooklet in every home It isn t important that you are THIS-OVA, THAT ONA or ROMANY-ROM I heard the clock and its strong RING My goodness, this is in reality, it isn t any DREAM. Lesok-Skopje-Macedonia, 28 August,2001 Mitko Spiroski ( foto: Mitko Spiroski, Pogled na Leshok i Leshockiot manastir vo leto, juni 2009 god. ) ( photo: Mitko Spiroski, A view of Lesok and Lesok Monastery at summer, June 2009 ) MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 25

1. 4 A X O ( STRIKO-^I^KO ) A X O ( STRIKO-^I^KO ) Da vi otkrijam edna tajna Jas imam AXO I beskrajno go sakam. U moj Qe{ek Jas imam AXOVCI PET Ama, eden e AXO Sladok kako MET On svekoa{ gi veseli De~iwata goqemi i mali Znae da gi smee I so niv da se {ali. AXO nosi nao~are od xam I da znaete SVITE AXO svekoa{ me vika MITE Kom{ijata Besim Od Slatina na{a Prv od svite Mene mi vika Or, bre, AXO MITE. Duri sega razbrav kolku e milo AXO, koga }e ti re~at AXO MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 26

U LE[OK, rodnoto ti selo I kogaj svegde od sneg je belo Togaj, i u najqutata zima Vru}o ti je u tvoeto telo. A znaete, li vie Jas imam i NINA So pozlaten zab Koja plete{e ~orape Od volna bez rab. Imam i DEDO i BABA Koi na vnu~iwata PET Im izgradija 32- to leto Sedelo za na{iot visok LET. A, IMAV.., ^E^A i APO I mnogu gi sakav Kako retko koj Od mojot LALO[OV soj. No, se pra{uvam sega... Dali }e imav AXO i NINA? Pa, DEDO i BABA? Ili, ^E^A i APO? Ako Gospod ne mi dade{e Da imam MAMA i TATO @ENA, ]ERKA i SIN. Pa, Jas, MITE od QE[EK Da se pofalam na celiot SVET [to ONI mi dadoa krilja Za sre}niot mi LET. Skopje, 25 Oktomvri 2005 godina Mitko Spiroski MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 27

( AXO-Mojot ~i~ko Slobodan Trpov Spiroski od Le{ok) ( UNCLE-ADJO- my uncle Slobodan Trpov Spiroski from Lesok) 1. 4 UNCLE ( A DJ O STRIKO-CICKO ) UNCLE To let you in a secret I ve got AN UNCLE And I love him endlessly. In my Ljesek I ve got FIVE UNCLES But, one and only is AN UNCLE Sweet like a HONEY. He always amuses The children,big and little He can make laugh them And joke with them. AN UNCLE wears glasses of a glass And all of you to know AN UNCLE always calls me MITE MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 28

The neighbour Besim From our Slatina First started Calling me Ow, bre, UNCLE MITE. I realize only now How is sweetly UNCLE,when they ll call you IN LESOK,your village of birth Then, and in the bitterest winter And when is white of snow everyvere You feel warmly in your body. Do you know, I ve got and AN AUNT With a gold tooth Who knit socks Of wool without a hem. I ve got A GRANDFATHER and GRANDMOTHER Who built a nest for FIVE grandchildren In 32nd summer. For our high FLIGHT. And, I USED TO HAVE GOT AN ELDER BROTHER and ELDER SISTHER And I loved them very much It is rarely in comparison with Anybody of my kin LALOSOI. But I wonder... Would I have AN UNCLE and AUNT, Then A GRANDFATHER and GRANDMOTHER Or, AN ELDER BROTHER and ELDER SISTHER, If God didn t give me To have got A MUM and DAD WIFE,DAUGHTER and SON. So, I, MITE from LJESEK TO praise to all WORLD That THEY gave me wings For my happy FLIGHT. Skopje, 25 Oktober 2005 year Mitko Spiroski ( ADJO-Mojot cicko Slobodan Trpov Spiroski od Leshok) (UNCLE-My uncle Slobodan Trpov Spiroski from Lesok) MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 29

( ^estitka za 2003, 2004 i 2205 god. od Pe~atnicata BATO, Skopje, so motivi od Sv. Atanasie, Le{ok) (Greeting card for 2002,220 i 2004, at Printer BATO Skopje with motive St. Atanasie, Lesok) 1. 5 VO SLAVA NA SV. ATANASIE I SV. ILIJA VO SLAVA NA SV. ATANASIE I SV. ILIJA Eden e ILIJA za Le{ok i Le{anite {to go zbira duhot na na{te pretci niz vekovite i vo knigi gi ovekove~uva. I koga eden den auto na ulica go zgazi Sv. Atanasie i Sv. Ilija glava mu spasi, novi podatoci za Le{ok da pribira i vo knigi istite da gi zbira. MAKEDONSKI NARODNI PESNI OD POLOG 30