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Balada Lui Gruia

Bean: În pădurea Pinului,
La cerdacu Lui Novacu,
La masă de solzi de peşte
Beau voinicii boiereşte.
Beau, glumesc, se veselesc
Şi la Dumnezeu gândesc.
Beau, glumesc, se veselesc
Şi la Dumnezeu gândesc.
Dar Gruiţă, Novaciţă,
Nici nu bea, nici nu mânca,
Nici voie bună n-avea,
Ci sta gata de-a pleca.
– Măi Gruiţă, fiul meu,
Şa-ţi ajute Dumnezeu!
De ce şezi tu supărat,
Nebăut şi nemâncat?
Or banii ţi i-ai gătat,
Or ţi-i gândul la-nsurat,
Or ţi-i dor de Ţarigrad?
Or ţi-i dor de Ţarigrad?
- Nici banii nu i-am gătat,
Nici mi-i gândul la-nsurat,
Ci mi-i dor de Ţarigrad!
Novac din cap clătina
De vei merge-n Ţarigrad,
Să rămâi tu lângă gard,
În oraş să nu te bagi
Şi la vin să nu te tragi,
Gruiţă, copil zburdat,
De mic la rele-nvăţat,
El în seamă nu băga
Ce tatăl său îi spunea,
MAI!
Madalina Pavăl: –Înălţate împărate,
Să trăieşti cu sănătate!
Nimerit-au, nimerit,
La mine-n birt o venit
Un voinicel tinerel,
De toţi se miră de el;
Că-n trei zile şi-n trei nopţi
A băut sute de zloţi,
A băut trei buţi de vin,
Vin bătrân şi cu pelin
Ş-a mâncat trei vaci belite
Şi trei cuptoare de pite.
Nu bea vinul cum se bea,
Cu sălicu şi halba,
Ci mi-l bea el cu vadra,
Se miră toată lumea!
Cum pune vadra la gură,
Varsă-n gură ca-ntr-o şură;
Şi pita cât e de lată,
El o-mbucă totodată;
Tot vinul cât am avut,
Tot dânsul mi l-a băut
Tot mâncă şi tot sorbi,
Dar nimica nu-mi plăti.
– Înălţate împărate,
Eu îţi spun cu direptate
De trei palme-i lat în frunte
SI vreo 20 in spate
Apoi căutarea lui
Seamănă cu-a lupului;
Când se uită pe sub gene,
Şi măria-ta te-ai teme.
VALI UMBRA: Tu, Aniţă, Birtăşiţă,
Rogu-te la Dumnezeu
Şi te jur pe capul tău
Să nu-i spui unde şed eu,
Ăsta-i Gruia lui Novac,
Care ţara ne-a prădat,
A prădat-o-n lung şi-n lat,
De trei ori turcii-au tăiat
Şi acum iar o venit
Cu gând rău de prăpădit.
Bată-mi-l-ar Dumnezeu
Pe el şi pe tatăl său,
Dar, Aniţă, Birtăşiţă,
Ia' mi-l pune tu la masă
Şi dă-i vin cu rozolie,
Ca să-l tragă la beţie;
Dă-i vin cât el poate bea,
De plată nu întreba
Şi dă-i vin cât va pofti,
De plată nu pomeni.
Şi când vinul vei găta,
Vin-la mine, că ţ-oi da,
Numai să-l poţi tu-mbăta,
Că bun preţ îi căpăta!
Gruia gruia (...)
AFO: Şi Novac tot aştepta
Ca să-i vină Gruiţa;
Dar în zadar aştepta,
Că Gruia nu mai venea.
Atunci el ce mi-şi făcea?
La un corb el poruncea
Şi aşa că mi-i zicea
Sa-l caute pe Gruia
Apoi afară ieşea,
La temniţă se ducea,
Lăcatele le rupea
Şi pe Gruia îl scotea
Apoi amândoi se lua
Şi pe dusmani se întorceau
Şi pe toţi că mi-i tăiau.
Pe unde Novac mergeau
Ş-apoi scăpat îl făcea.
Iară Gruia cu Novac
Se lua de după cap
Şi se imbratisau
Şi Novacu, cât trăia,
Tot mereu se veselea
La dusmani nu se gândea!

Ballad Of Gruia

Bean: In the Pine Forest,
At Novacu's porch,
At the fish scale table
The brave men drink like lords.
They drink, they jest, they make merry
And they think of God.
They drink, they jest, they make merry
And they think of God.
But Gruita, Novacita,
Neither drinks nor eats,
Nor is he in good spirits,
But is ready to leave.
– My Gruita, my son,
May God help you!
Why are you sitting there upset,
Not drinking or eating?
Or have you run out of money,
Or are you thinking of getting married,
Or do you miss Constantinople?
Or do you miss Constantinople?
- I have not run out of money,
Nor am I thinking of getting married,
I miss Constantinople!
Novac shook his head
If you go to Constantinople,
Stay by the fence,
Don't enter the city
And don't drink wine,
Gruita, unruly child,
Mischievous from a young age,
He paid no heed
To what his father said,
MAI!
Madalina Paval: –Exalted emperor,
May you live in health!
It came to pass, it came to pass,
A young man came to my tavern
A young man,
Everyone marveled at him;
For in three days and three nights
He drank hundreds of zlotys,
He drank three barrels of wine,
Old wine with wormwood
And he ate three roasted cows
And three ovens of bread.
He did not drink wine as it should be drunk,
With a cup or a tankard,
But he drank it with a bucket,
Everyone was amazed!
As he puts the bucket to his mouth,
He pours it into his mouth like a barn;
And the bread, as wide as it is,
He bites into it all at once;
All the wine I had,
He drank it all
He ate and drank everything,
But he paid me nothing.
– Exalted emperor,
I tell you in all honesty
He is three palms wide in the forehead
AND about 20 in the back
His gaze
Is like that of a wolf;
When he looks from under his lashes,
Even your majesty would be afraid.
VALI UMBRA: You, Anita, Tavern Keeper,
I beg you by God
And I swear by your head
Not to tell him where I am,
This is Gruia of Novac,
Who plundered our country,
He plundered it far and wide,
The Turks cut him down three times
And now he has come again
With evil intent to destroy.
May God strike him
And his father,
But, Anitsi, Tavern Keeper,
Seat him at a table
And give him wine with rosehip,
To get him drunk;
Give him as much wine as he can drink,
Don't ask for payment
And give him as much wine as he wants,
Don't mention payment.
And when you have the wine ready,
Come to me, for I will give you,
Just so you can get him drunk,
For he is worth a good price!
Gruia gruia (...)
AFO: And Novac kept waiting
For Gruita to come to him;
But he waited in vain,
For Gruia would not come.
What did he do then?
He ordered a raven
And thus he said to me
To find Gruia
Then he went outside,
Went to the dungeon,
Broke the locks
And freed Gruia
Then they both took
And turned on the enemies
And they cut them all down.
Wherever Novac went
And then set him free.
And Gruia with Novac
Took from behind the head
And they embraced each other
And Novaku, as long as he lived,
He always rejoiced
He did not think of enemies!