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Dalmatian urban song.

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NA ŠTO TE, ĆERIWHAT DID HE LURE YOU INTO
  
Na što te, ćeri, oj,What did he lure you into, my daughter, oh,
Na što te furešt¹, ćeri, namami?what did the stranger, daughter, lure you into?
  
Drag mi je bija, oj,He was dear to me, oh,
Drag mi je, majko, bija furešt taj.that stranger was dear to me, mother.
  
Ma da sam znala, oj,If only I had known, oh,
Ma da sam znala kakvi su furešti.if only I had known what strangers are like.
  
Ne bi se dala, oj,I would not have let myself, oh,
Ne bi se dala, majko, privarit.I would not have let myself be deceived, mother.
  
¹furešt = stranac 

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