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