Opinci (plural, Opinca is singular) are primitive leather shoes tied up by laces, and were worn by most rural inhabitants until the 1950s.
This Romanian dance melody features strigaturi, which are improvised calls and shouts spoken by the
dancers. They typically feature couplets with jokes or ribald comments about other members of the village, as well as nonsense syllables which express the
dancers’ emotion, energy, and competitiveness!
lyrics
Hop hop și iară-ș hop
Cu opinca hai la joc
Hop hop, hop și iară-ș hop
Hai cu tofa fără dop…măiii…ah
Ui-ce, ui-ce, ui-ce da
Joc cu mîndra, mîndra mea
Haida, haida, nu lăsa măi
Joacă mîndra joacă bine…
Hai, hai și iară-ș hai
Cu opinca merg în rai
Hop hop, hop și iara-ș hop
Vino mîndro vi la joc…măiii…ui-ce
Hop Hop și iar așa
Iară, Iară…sus cu ea!!!!
Ui-ce, ui-ce, ui-ce…da!
Șî-ncodată iar asa…măi
Ui ui hă hă…da-o măi
Vai de mi opinca mea
Ca e ruptă bine da
Joc cu mîndra la olaltă
Și vecina cît odată
Ui-ce, ui-ce, ui-ce așa
Ui-ce, ui-ce, ui-ce fată
Și la mine cît odată
Hopa!
Hai, hai și iar la joc
Săne
fie de noroc
Hai hai opinca mea
Joacă bine joacă da
Hopa așa...ui-ce așa
Vai de mi opinca mea
Așa de bine stau cu ea
Ca să joc și iar să joc
Pîn-o sta soarele-n loc
Joacă bine joacă da...măiiii
Asta-i jocu, jocu nostru
Să-l jucăm și peste postu
Hai hai opinca mea
Șa de bine stau cu ea
Merge bine si frumos
Parc-ăm scri-ea pe jos
Vai de mi soareci mei
Cum sa uite la femei
Și femeile la ei
Dar nu stie ce-s în ei
Ui-ce, Ui-ce
Hop, hop și iar joc
Chiar așa…hop așa
Joacă bine joacă da
Hop, hop, hop și iară-ș hop
Să ne fie de noroc!
(Hop, hop…and again hop
with my “opinca” let’s go dance
hop, hop…and again hop
let’s go with “flask/bottle” without a cork
look, look, look, yes
I dance with my sweetheart, my girl
let’s go, let’s go…don’t stop
Dance my darling, dance well
hai, hai and again hai
with my “opinca” I go to Heaven
hop, hop…and again hop
come my darling, come and dance…look!!!
hop, hop…and again hop!
again, again…up with it!
look, look, look…yes!
and again, just like that…mai
Ui ui ha ha…let it go!
Oh my goodness my opinca
how worn out it really is
I dance along side my sweetheart
And my neighbor girl a little bit too
look, look, look, like this
look, look, look my girl
and at me every now and then
Hopa!
Let’s go and again let’s dance
so that we may have good luck
Let’s go my “opinca”
Dance well, dance for sure
Hop like this…look like this
Oh my goodness, my opinca
Oh how well it fits me
so I can dance and gain to dance
until the sun stops moving
dance well, dance for sure….maiii
This is a dance, this is our dance
Let’s dance it even after lent
hai, hai my opinca
look how well it fits me
it moves so well and beautifully
as if it can write on the ground
Oh my goodness, my wide pants
how they look at the women
and the women back at them
but they don’t know what’s inside of them
look-it, look-it!
hop, hop and again hop
just like this…hop like this
dance well, dance for sure
hop, hop, hop and again hop
So that we may have good luck!)
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