An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics

by Unknown

Milivoy Stanoyevich.

New York, 1920.

	TABLE OFCONTENTS
	poems translatedby
	SIR JOHN BOWRING
chapter		page
[I.]	The Curse	21
[II.]	Farewell	23
[III.]	The Violet	24
[IV.]	Smilia	24
[V.]	Harvest Song	25
[VI.]	Maiden's Prayer	25
[VII.]	Kisses	26
[VIII.]	Harvest Song	27
[IX.]	Curse	27
[X.]	Salutation of the Morning Star	28
[XI.]	The Knitter	29
[XII.]	Royal Converse	30
[XIII.]	Rosa	31
[XIV.]	The Maiden and the Sun	31
[XV.]	The Maiden's Wish	32
[XVI.]	The Falcon	33
[XVII.]	Deer and Vila	34
[XVIII.]	Virgin and Widow	35
[XIX.]	Nightingales	36
[XX.]	The Ring	37
[XXI.]	Fratricide	38
[XXII.]	Love	40
[XXIII.]	Maple Tree	40
[XXIV.]	Semendrian Beauty	41
[XXV.]	Self-Admiration	42
[XXVI.]	Assignation	42
[XXVII.]	Foolish Vow	43
[XXVIII.]	Vilas	43
[XXIX.]	Lepota	44
[XXX.]	Imprecations	45
[XXXI.]	Secrets Divulged	46
[XXXII.]	Wishes	47
[XXXIII.]	Lover Asleep	47
[XXXIV.]	Early Sorrows	48
[XXXV.]	The Young Shepherds	49
[XXXVI.]	Thoughts of a Mother	51
[XXXVII.]	Counsel	52
[XXXVIII.]	Desolation	52
[XXXIX.]	Apprehension	53
[XL.]	Milica	54
[XLI.]	The Choice	55
[XLII.]	For Whom?	55
[XLIII.]	Liberty	56
[XLIV.]	The Dance	57
[XLV.]	Elegy	58
[XLVI.]	Inquiry	59
[XLVII.]	Doubt	60
[XLVIII.]	The Sultaness	61
[XLIX.]	Betrothing	61
[L.]	Cautions	62
[LI.]	Maiden's Cares	63
[LII.]	Mohammedan Song	65
[LIII.]	Mine Everywhere	65
[LIV.]	Maid Awaking	67
[LV.]	Mother's Love	67
[LVI.]	The Greybeard	68
[LVII.]	Mohammedan Tale	69
[LVIII.]	Love's Difficulties	71
[LIX.]	Witches	72
[LX.]	Pledges	72
[LXI.]	Complaint	73
[LXII.]	Song	74
[LXIII.]	Mohammedan Song	74
[LXIV.]	Brotherless Sisters	75
[LXV.]	Misfortunes	76
[LXVI.]	Timidity	77
[LXVII.]	Youth Enamoured	78
[LXVIII.]	Black Eyes and Blue	79
[LXIX.]	The Widow	80
[LXX.]	Alarms	80
[LXXI.]	Fond Wife	81
[LXXII.]	Unhappy Bride	81
[LXXIII.]	Last Petition	82
[LXXIV.]	Love for a Brother	83
[LXXV.]	Rebuke	84
[LXXVI.]	Man's Faith	85
[LXXVII.]	Maiden's Affection	85
[LXXVIII.]	Marriage Songs	86
[LXXIX.]	Heroes Served	89
[LXXX.]	Youth and Age	89
[LXXXI.]	Choice	90
[LXXXII.]	Anxiety	91
[LXXXIII.]	Inquiry	91
[LXXXIV.]	Frozen Heart	92
[LXXXV.]	Union in Death	92
	poems translatedby
	EARL OF LYTTON (OWENMEREDITH)
[LXXXVI.]	Love and Sleep	93
[LXXXVII.]	Love Confers Nobility	95
[LXXXVIII.]	A Soul's Sweetnes	95
[LXXXIX.]	Reminiscences	96
[XC.]	Sleep and Death	97
[XCI.]	Imperfection	98
[XCII.]	Emancipation	99
[XCIII.]	Plucking a Flower	100
[XCIV.]	A Wish	102
[XCV.]	A Serbian Beauty	102
[XCVI.]	Sleeplessness	103
[XCVII.]	A Message	104
[XCVIII.]	Transplanting a Flower	104
[XCIX.]	Isolation	105
[C.]	Fatima and Mehmed	106
	poems translatedby
	J. W. WILES, M.A.
[CI.]	Morava Horses	107
[CII.]	The Girl and the Grass	108
[CIII.]	The Sun and the Girl	108
[CIV.]	Curse and Blessing	109
[CV.]	The Nicest Flower in the World	110
[CVI.]	The Pretty Tomb	111
[CVII.]	Toda and Her Fate	112
[CVIII.]	The Vila	113
[CIX.]	Three Roses	113
[CX.]	Her Dream	114
[CXI.]	Trouble with the Husband	115
[CXII.]	The Peacock and the Nightingale	116
[CXIII.]	The First Toast	116
[CXIV.]	The Hodža	117
[CXV.]	Woes	118
[CXVI.]	Hard to Believe	119
[CXVII.]	The Conditions	119
[CXVIII.]	Prayer Before Going to Bed	120
[CXIX.]	Vision Before Sleep	120
[CXX.]	Prayer in the Field	121
[CXXI.]	A Child in Heaven	121
[CXXII.]	Christmas	122
[CXXIII.]	Christ Thinks of His Mother	123
[CXXIV.]	The Blessed Mary and John the Baptist	124
[CXXV.]	The Holy Mother	125
[CXXVI.]	Dream of the Holy Virgin	126
[CXXVII.]	Mother at the Tomb of Her Son	127
[CXXVIII.]	Mother Over Her Dead Son	128
[CXXIX.]	Mother's Lament for Her Son	129
[CXXX.]	Greatest Grief for a Brother	130
[CXXXI.]	The Death Chamber of Her Father-in-Law	131
[CXXXII.]	Koledo	132
[CXXXIII.]	A Horse's Complaint	133
[CXXXIV.]	A Dance at Vidin	134
[CXXXV.]	The Price	135
[CXXXVI.]	Preferences	135
[CXXXVII.]	A Bride's Devotion	136
[CXXXVIII.]	Fidelity	136
[CXXXIX.]	A Sister's Lament	137
	poems translatedby
	BEATRICE STEVENSON STANOYEVICH, Ph.D.
[CXL.]	The Prayer of Karageorge's Lady	138
[CXLI.]	Thou Art Ever, Ever Mine	139
[CXLII.]	Sea Merchant	139
[CXLIII.]	Angela as Watchman	140
[CXLIV.]	A Lad and His Betrothed	140
[CXLV.]	Direful Sickness	141
[CXLVI.]	All as it Should Be	141
[CXLVII.]	Beauty Preens Herself	141
[CXLVIII.]	Harvest Song	142
[CXLIX.]	Long Nights	142
[CL.]	Eyebrow Lure	143
[CLI.]	Girlhood	143
[CLII.]	Youth with Youth	144
[CLIII.]	Come my Lover, to Me	144
[CLIV.]	Sighs	145
[CLV.]	A Bouquet of Little Roses	145
[CLVI.]	Dream Interpretation	146
[CLVII.]	With Sweetheart Nights are Shortest	146
[CLVIII.]	Dawn Awakened Lazar	148
[CLIX.]	A Devilish Young Matron	148
[CLX.]	Girl is Eternal Possession	149
[CLXI.]	Jovo and Maria	150
[CLXII.]	Rose Tree	150
[CLXIII.]	Darling's Wrath	151
[CLXIV.]	Lad Pierced with Arrow	151
[CLXV.]	Nought but Kisses	152
[CLXVI.]	United	152
[CLXVII.]	Girl Pleads with Jeweller	152
[CLXVIII.]	Wife Dearer than Sister	153
[CLXIX.]	Greatest Sorrow	154
[CLXX.]	Youth and Girl	154

I

THE CURSE[^[1]]

I heard a sprightly swallow say To a gray cuckoo t'other day,— "Thou art a happy bird indeed; Thou dost not in the chimney breed, Thou dost not hear the eternal jarring, Of sisters and step-sisters warring; Their woes and grievances rehearsing, Cursing themselves, and others cursing." A young step-sister once I saw, Foul language at the elder throw; "Perdition's daughter! hence depart; Thou hast no fruit beneath thy heart." And thus the elder one replied: "Curse thy perverseness and thy pride! Mihailo is a son of thine; Now thou shalt bring forth daughters nine, And madness shall their portion be. Thy son shall cross the parting sea; He never shall return to thee, But, bathed in blood and wounded, pine!" And thus she cursed;—the curse was true;[^[2]] Her sister's nine fair daughters grew; And madness seized them,—seized them all: Mihailo,—far away, and wounded, By solitude and woe surrounded, I heard him on his mother call: "O mother! mother! send me now A bandage of that snowy linen Which you so thoughtlessly were spinning, When curses wander'd to and fro. In your rage you wove it,—now remove it; Tear it for bandages, as you tore Love and affection all asunder. Where it was bleach'd thy son lies under; With it cover his hot wounds o'er. Rend it, mother; and send it, mother! May it thy suffering son restore!" S. J. B.

II

FAREWELL[^[3]]

Against white Buda's walls, a vine Doth its white branches fondly twine; O, no! it was no vine-tree there; It was a fond, a faithful pair, Bound each to each in earliest vow— And, O! they must be severed now! And these their farewell words:—"We part— Break from my bosom—break—my heart! Go to a garden—go, and see, Some rose-branch blushing on the tree; And from that branch of rose-flower tear, Then place it on thy bosom bare; And as its leaflets fade and pine, So fades my sinking heart in thine." And thus the other spoke: "My love! A few short paces backward move, And to the verdant forest go; There's a fresh water-fount below; And in the fount a marble stone, Which a gold cup reposes on; And in the cup a ball of snow— Love! take that ball of snow to rest Upon thine heart within thy breast. And as it melts unnoticed there, So melts my heart in thine, my dear!" S. J. B.

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