Beautiful Milka

"Beautiful Milka" performed by Bulgarian State Radio & Television Female Vocal Choir. Bulgarian traditional folk song. "Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares"
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[@anaabendroth3460]

I came to know them late - they had already recorded 3 albums. I found two of them in a thrift store, and couldn't believe what I was hearing. That was in the late 90's. My love for them is undiminished.

[@Hieronymus94]

Really, I can' t believe, because in my language (Croatian) kulad = koled. I can't believe how similar our languages are. Greetings from Croatia

[@someday777777]

One of the most beautiful singing in the world, is Folk bulgarian singing, cheers from Algeria ! Love :D

[@miralder5193]

وش معنتها على واش يغنيو

[@silviahouzouris4308]

Bulgarian Voices are the BEST! :)

[@julie93hsm]

my aunt died three days ago, her name was milka.... don't know how i got to this video, but all i can say is there is God above!

[@jedrzej2011]

Very nice female voices. Great Bulgarian A Cappella.

[@jagartsic9380]

Wonderfulll!!!! Very sad, havily...It makes me cry. Altought we in Croatia have wonderful tradicional songs, this kind of singing is special and my favourite...

[@HeleneStaley]

Highly skilled singers. Beautiful music.

[@FelipeCotta]

This is so beautiful! I watch this videos for years, and is always awesome! Thanks for posting! Best wishes from Brazil! 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷🥁🥁🥁

[@RositsaPetrovarjp7]

The soloist is a man for a change. The wonderful Daniel Spasov.

[@wuchya]

Shiver-inducing, absolutely gorgeous :) Takes you back to some older times.

[@MancBalletShoes]

absolutely beautiful

[@MyChannel-nc8xw]

Amazing! Awesome! Bulgarian songs!

[@VeloFrau]

Staggering beauty- thank you for sharing this. Here's a synopsis: Milka’s mother boasted about her: “She is so industrious, and very stylish too!” Milka’s fame spread all the way to Istanbul to the marketplace. When Marko the merchant heard about her, he loaded his boat with silk, silver thread and gold. When Milka stepped aboard to buy silk, Marko battened down the hatches and carried off beautiful Milka. Although these words do not reflect a Christmas message, every refrain says “oh, Christmas singers, my Christmas singers”

[@kdraviaBG]

Обикновено в коледарските песни се пее 'Коладе". This is typical for the Christmas's songs. Christmas = Коледа. Куладе е диалектно произношение.

[@snezhanamladenova7415]

Прекрасно и невероятно хармонично! Невероятни гласове! Бог да благослави България! Амин!

[@kkkapec]

greetings from Poland ;)

[@Thengolopathy]

what a choir!!! beautiful.

[@Yote12]

Съвършено изпълнение на неповторима мелодия!

[@LorinTone]

This is a beautiful piece, performed with skill.

[@user-gw6zn2mt2w]

Slavic women angel choir!

[@ke2delight]

Not Slavic at all. Bulgarians have as much slavic DNA as the russians have british DNA.

[@JB-rl4ik]

Lol Bulgarians not Slavic

[@FoxGrifter]

Great Great Great

[@ditapez123]

Wow it's so pretty!

[@MaFaViC]

Милкина мама Милка хвалеше: Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, "Мари твърде й работна, много й скопосна" Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле. Еее, мари Коладе ле, Кола де ле Чула се Милка, мари, чак в Цариграда. Хей Коладе ле мари, мой Коладе ле, Чак в Цариграда, мари, чак в чаршията. Хей Коладе ле мари, мой Коладе ле, Хей Коладе ле, леле мой Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, леле чак в чаршията. От де я зачу Марку търговец. Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле. Еее, мари, чи купи Марку всякаква купа. Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, Еее, мари, Коладе ле, Коладе ле купа коприна, сърма и злато. Хей Коладе ле, мари, мой Коладе ле. Че си натвари, мари, Марко гимийка. Хей Коладе ле, мари, мой Коладе ле. Хей Коладе ле, леле мой Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, леле Марко гимийка Ачи са Марко ясно провикна: Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле. "Мари, който му трябва тука да дойди" Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, Хей Коладе ле, леле мой Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, леле вървяло мало, мари, мало й голямо. Хей Коладе ле,мари, мой Коладе ле. Най-подир върви, мари, хубава Милка Хей Коладе ле,мари, мой Коладе ле. Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле хубава Милка. Чи стъпа Милка, Милка в гимийка. Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, Мари, да си купува тънка коприна Хей Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, мари, Коладе ле, Коладе ле. Затвори Марко, мари, Марко гимийка Хей Коладе ле,мари, мой Коладе ле. Чи си отнесе, мари, хубава Милка. Хей Коладе ле,мари, мой Коладе ле. Хей Коладе ле,мари, мой Коладе ле, мой Коладе ле, хубава Милка.

[@frhad]

Very Beautiful

[@acusticadam]

I literally listen to this video on repeat every day. The male voice singing the solo parts is so beautiful.

[@SvetlanaP.]

It is female alt voice. ;)

[@krasyo7701]

@@SvetlanaP. no it's not female it is male

[@punisaracic536]

Pozdravi od obitelji drazana vukoja

[@kriki1000]

das ist wie wasser und liebe für die seele---- :)

[@jacquelineanghelov692]

j'aime écouter ces voix très spéciales

[@711shige]

あぁ・・　音の中に溶け堕ちてしまいそうだ。 裏声ではこの深淵なるハーモニーは出せそうにないな 彼女らに乾杯(完敗).

[@idiomisme]

I love this song!

[@MiejsceNaLabirynt]

Beautiful!

[@lovebeautylove]

Prekrasno ♥

[@ZVEROBASS]

очень красиво

[@straycat316]

Lovely video and song :)

[@lasol94]

I feel a beautiful athmosphere in the music something traditional I like the organisation of the voices unlike my town's traditional songs they are really not organised so sometimes it's not nice to hear! I wish they did the same as those songs.

[@merkury43]

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Dr. Kaufmann in Bulgaria.

[@peppercub]

there is nothing like this.

[@JustMe-ob7lu]

Fabris a la Moldova 👍🏻

[@stoptheworldiwanttogetoff3350]

Thank you for this.

[@plathhs]

Kрасива музика.

[@tysonjenkins5976]

A Mother had a beautiful daughter, but one day Marco came to take her away. The mother never saw her Beautiful Milka again.

[@ke2delight]

Very good sinopsis. Do you understand bulgarian?

[@josipacro8]

LOVE this song ! But I need the lyrics of the third part of song.. please ! :))

[@WolfiexVomit]

I am also part Croation on the maternal end, but I only know the swear words LOL! I love the language and the music

[@gosho0]

This is Bulgarian, not croatian, but the languages have some similarities.

[@WolfiexVomit]

Yes I realize it’s Bulgarian and not croation but it is some of the music of my childhood and as an adult voice coach and choral director

[@tolibobi]

красота

[@lamentofhorde]

Can anyone tell me who the soloist in the beginning might be? Is it a female alto or a male soloist? Either way it's a stunning and unique voice.

[@yseult339]

+lamentofhorde Hi! I'm not sure whether you'll see this, but in the liner notes of "Ritual", the Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares album on which this song appears, the song is described as being performed "with male vocals." In the credits for the album, the guest male vocalists are named as Daniel Spassov and Vladimir Kouzov. I agree, they are wonderful, and I hope this is helpful!

[@pilepetelkov]

+lamentofhorde Daniel Spassov / Даниел Спасов ......watch?v=KOn12EZwUE0

[@WilliamAFerguson]

Doesn't sound like it's from this planet.

[@NelsonClick]

LOL. I agree because that was my first reaction. I was so curious I did some research. It's definitely not from our "Western World" planet but surprisingly not too far. Western culture as we know it came from a mix of two streams: Greco-Roman and Judeo Christian beliefs and philosophies. This music is from the much older Greco-Roman side.

[@ke2delight]

First of all this music and the Bulgarians have nothing to do with the Greco-Roman culture. They came from Asis in the 7th century and established 3 kingdoms at the same time. All 3 with the same name - Bulgaria. In the territory of Europe Bulgaria has existed for 13 centuries, and a lot longer in Asia. The original alphabet of the bulgarians is similar to the celtic alphabet, you know the one that looks like chinese. Also the Celts and the Bulgars have the bagpipe as a national instrument, yes the only two countries in Europe that are in the opposite corners from each other that share that much in common. I personally get goosebumps from watching this video! Some of the names and descriptions have been translated very well and are the same we have been using for a very long time. I was born in the city of Sofia that is 7000 years old, the second oldest settlement in Europe. They are very few countries in Europe who have their own language and alphabet and only two countries who have given an alphabet that is still in use. All slavic countries are using the bulgarian alphabet. I think the other one is the Latin alphabet from the Romans and is kind of dead, you know. Guess who settled in the heart of the Roman empire and never left, never changed its name or language? If you guessed a population that was never conquered by Alexander the Great you guessed it right. Direct descendents of the clan Dulo and Attila the Hun, welcome to Bulgaria!

[@carterelliottmusic]

0:51 Haunting...

[@bivos3071]

Marko kidnapped beautiful Milka in the end. As Croatian speaker, and probably any Balkan Slav language speaker you can understand the lyrics. Only the meaning of the word kulade=koledo in our language, isn't clear to me.

[@fir3bla]

B Ivos , kulade, kolade means Christmas

[@onepituit]

Can you find live concert of this kind of music in Bulgaria or outside Bulgaria, e.g. central Europe?

[@rednaxela40]

kakvo chisto glas eimai -pozdrav od Australia - sorry my macedonian is not too good.

[@ke2delight]

Your Bulgarian is fine. I understood you well :) and thank you!

[@hristometodiev2480]

🇲🇰=🇧🇬

[@ZVEROBASS]

!!!

[@samanthagans8726]

Does anyone know where I can find the vocal score for this piece??

[@kattilath]

@Hieronymus94 Ako si iz hrvatske ili slavenskih zemalja, poslušaj malo bolje, znaš te riječi :) nisu jako različite od korjena. Ajde koja tu i tamo treba prijevod :) Živio!

[@Hieronymus94]

Please, can someone post translation in english? or: Puede alguien traducir esto en espanol? or: Puo qualcuno tradurre questo in italiano? or: Može li netko ovo, molim vas, prevesti na Hrvatski? Аз съм от Хърватска, Не мога да разбера целия текст.

[@Hieronymus94]

@kattilath Razumin skoro sve, ali ne znam sto je to kulad. Pozdrav

[@ke2delight]

kulade le = obryshtenie kym chovek na Bugarski ezik. Obiknoveno se polzva po kolednite praznici - ot tam idva i imeto: koleda - koledar - kolade - kulade. Bi trebvalo da e sushtoto na Makedonski. Edna kultura s mnogo obshti pesni i tradicii.

[@gansis1342]

очень красиво,поначалу думал что русские поют

[@Yote12]

Ама, разбира се, още малко и руснаци пеят... видяла свиня кладенчова вода...

[@AymanSafi]

Lyrics in English, please?

[@SmokeAlotmarij]

The story is this: - Milka (female name) spread her beauty all the way to Carigrad, all the way to muslim church, they offered for her gold, silver and wool, she refused and was imprisoned then her loved one Marko saved her. Even this is probably not very accurate but it so hard to understand everything even for me ;)

[@AymanSafi]

many thanks!

[@AntonioPiccolboni]

Text can be found here: www.thelyricarchive.com/song/1044044-139446/Houbava-Milka-%5BBeautiful-Milka%5D but google translate doesn't seem to be able to crack it

[@AymanSafi]

thanks

[@fir3bla]

Ayman Safi , translate in English lyricstranslate.com/bg/hubava-milka-beautiful-milka.html

[@hristometodiev2480]

🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[@MultiMatola]

Селяния.

[@Йосиф2024]

А от вас само простотия!