{57} The translation of this poem by Goethe, who disclaims any knowledge of the original, is perfectly admirable. It first directed attention to the literature of Servia. His account of it is as follows: “It is now fifty years since I translated the Lament of the noble Bride of Hassan Aga, which is found in the Travels of the Abbé Fortis, and in the Morlachian Notices of the Countess Rosenberg. I rendered it from the French version, preserving the rhythmus and the measure of the original.” When Vuk printed his first collection of Servian songs, Goethe was greatly delighted at finding it among them. It was omitted in his other editions, because Vuk had not himself heard it in the Servian language; and it was his determination to publish nothing for whose authenticity he could not himself personally vouch. {58} A translation of this ballad, by Grimm, will be found in the fourth volume of Goethe’s _Für Kunst und Alterthum_, p. 66. {59a} Kavavlashka. {59b} Karabogdanska. {62} Belgrad. {63} Chekmel-Juprija. {64a} Scutari. {64b} King, monarch. {64c} Governor. {65} Dok ne najesh dva slichna imena Dok ne najesh _Stojy_ i _Stojana_. These are both Servian names, and the point of the ballad must be seen in their affinity to the verb _stojiti_, to stand, _stojnitza_, standing (statio). {74} Neimar.—Master. {75a} A small stream of liquid carbonate of lime is still shown on the walls of Scutari, as evidence of the truth of this story. {75b} A translation of the poem by Grimm is to be found in the 2d part of the fifth volume of the _Kunst und Altherthum_, p. 24, and Goethe observes, that it is equally remarkable for its polish and for its barbarously superstitious sentiment. It represents a human victim as murdered in its most disgusting shape. A young woman is immured in order that the fortress of Scutari may be built; and the sacrifice seems less accountable, since oriental usages have generally only required the entombment of consecrated pictures or talismans in order to make castles and asylums impregnable. {76} The _Polje Kossova_. Amselfeld (German) or Field of Thrushes, was the scene of Servia’s heaviest calamity, and is the subject of her most melancholy songs. {77} A church in the camp. {81a} Gromovnik Ilija. {81b} I napija u slavu Ristovu. {84a} Erdelska Banitza. The wife of the seven-city’d (Transylvanian) Ban. {84b} Kalpak—the Hungarian cap. {95a} Adrianople. {95b} A commercial town in Servian Macedonia, where Dushan built a palace. It was the abode of Marko. {98} Grlo te boleto!—literally, “May thy neck ache!” {99} Starog Krvnika. {101} A large water vessel. {103} Sable cap. {104a} _Iguman_, _ἡγουμενος_. Hegumenos cœnobii. {104b} _Svetogortza_, Holy Mountain, Mount Athos.