Whatsoe’er at eve had raised the workmen

Did the veela raze ere dawn of morning.

When the fourth year had begun its labours,

Lo! the veela from the forest-mountain

Call’d—“Thou King Vukashin! vain thine efforts!

Vain thine efforts—all thy treasures wasting!

Never, never, wilt thou build the fortress,

If thou find not two same-titled beings,

If thou find not Stoyan and Stoyana:

And these two—these two young twins so loving,