Her who brings the rations to the workmen—

Her immure deep, down, in the wall’s foundations:—

So shall the foundations fix them firmly:

So shall thou erect Boyana’s fortress.”

When the king Vukashin heard the veela,

Both his brothers speedily he summon’d:

“Hear my words, now hear my words, my brothers!

From the forest-hill the veela told me,

That we should no longer waste our treasures

In the vain attempt to raise the fortress