The Death of Janosik |
The Death of JanosikLight upon the mountain-pray, what may be doing?Twelve robust and strapping youngsters rendezvousing,Youngsters hale and handsome, fond of sport and laughter,Never lived their like...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:44:00 GMT |
Gorale Folksong Hey idem w las |
Hey, idem w lasHey, into the woods I go and my feather flickersHey, intot he woods I go and the ground rumbles when I stepWhen I swing my hatchet, I will draw red bloodWhen I stamp my cleats, blood wi...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:32:00 GMT |
SONG OF KARMELÜK |
SONG OF KARMELÜK FROM Siberia I return With no fortune I am come. Not in chains, but yet not free. Wife and children may be mine, But their faces I can't see. When I think upon their fate Then I wee...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:59:00 GMT |
THE HAIDAMAKY" KNIGHTS OF VENGEANCE |
THE HAIDAMAKY" KNIGHTS OF VENGEANCE" HAIDAMAKY " they call us, unrelenting and stern, With the wrongs of our nation for vengeance we burn. Our forebears were tortured; ourgrandsonsshall be Unless we ...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:57:00 GMT |
SONG OF THE OPRISHKI |
SONG OF THE OPRISHKI HAI, Brethren, Oprishkigive me morehoreevka ! On the camp-fire now heap on more wood. If you tuned then my throat to the sound of Sopeevka, I'd sing for as long as I could. We ar...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:55:00 GMT |
The Death of Dovbush 1745 |
THE DEATH OF DOBUSH ALONG the edges of the wooded height Walks young Dobush; Lame in one leg, he on his topir leans And calls his lads "0, ye Legini, O, my boys ! We'll council hold Whom next are we...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:48:00 GMT |
