Drinking from pot, or from a demijohn
If they let me me choose the girl
I would know which one to choose
Not the one from Samobor
In Samobor men drink wine from pots
Women drink from a demijohn
Whatever they have, they trace for wine
This is a loose translation of the lyrics from Samobor's most famous wine song called In Samobor men drink wine from pots, but not the only one. City chronicler Ivica Sudnik also recorded this one:
Dear wine, come in me
(first in Croatian language, then translated):
Dobro vince hodi vu me,
Dojde vreme, ne bu me.
V črnoj zemli budem gnil,
Tebe, vince, ne bum pil!
Doklam sem ja pil tebe,
Služilo mi je zdravje;
Otkad tebe pit ne smem,
Dušum, telom bolujem.
Dok sem uz devojku stal,
Ništ za tugu nisem znal;
Otkad sem se oženil,
Ništ se dobra nisam vžil.
Ostavil bum ja ženu,
Zel si budem čutoru,
Pak bum išel v goricu
Z mojum dragum kumicum.
English version:
Dear wine come in me
The time will come when I’ll be gone
I will rot in the black soil
I won't be drinking you anymore
While I drank you
My health was good
Since I stopped
I suffer in body and soul
While she was my sweetheart
There was no sorrow
Since the day I married
The happyness has gone
I’ll leave my wife
I’ll grab my flask
And head to the vineyard
With my dear best man