Sinoć san ti kod majke bija

Port of the city Split.

Dalmatian klapa song originally from Split and Trogir.

When a young lad leaves a handkerchief with a girl, according to Dalmatian tradition, it means that he is proposing to her.

SINOĆ SAN TI KOD MAJKE BIJA	LAST NIGHT I WAS AT YOUR MOTHER’S

Sinoć san ti kod majke bija,	Last night I was at your mother’s,
faculet¹ san ostavija.	I left my handkerchief behind.

Draga dušo, ma ti ga peri	My dear love, then wash it
u sapunu, ladnoj vodi.	with soap, in cold water.

Ja sapuna ma ne imaden,	I have no soap at all,
ladna voda daleko je.	cold water is far away.

Sapun, dušo, ma ruke tvoje,	The soap, my love, are your hands,
ladna voda suze moje.	the cold water, my tears.

¹faculet = rupčić

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