PISCES by David Nez

 



Dhezha falls asleep by the sea.
The wind blew from the sea
And awakened the maiden Dhezha.
The maiden Dhezha cursed it.
"Leave me alone, wind from the sea!"
May you never blow again!
I had just fallen beautifully asleep."

 

Translated by Albert B. Lord, in Bela Bartok and Albert B. Lord, Serbo-Croatian Folk Songs (New York: Columbia University Press, 1951), 329.