The whole of this tale is translated in Bowring's little volume of "Servian Popular Poetry."
The Greek ballad is entitled "The Journey by Night," and begins thus:
The Greek ballad is entitled "The Journey by Night," and begins thus:
Manna, me tous ennea sou uious, kai me tên mia sou korê.
'O mother, thou, with thy nine sons, and with thine only daughter.'
A Russian ballad also begins very similarly:
"At Kief, in that famous town,
Resided a rich widow;
Nine sons the widow of Kief had,
The tenth was a daughter dear."