The sands shall murmur, the stones shall prattle,

As ’neath our horses’ feet they rattle;

We will be talked of everywhere.

Ah, how the villagers will stare:

“See now, Meeschani driving there!”

V
CEREMONY OF THE WREATH-WEAVING

The Kalina[[7]] grows in a little valley;

It has blossomed with a white, white flower.

The bridesmaids went to pluck a bough

But empty-handed come they now.