From Ventanas Altas de Saloniki, 2013. This is a fragment of a Romance La princesa y el bozagi - The Princess and the House Painter, a story depicting the many unreasonable demands a spoiled bride has of a simple house painter whom she marries, was found only in the Saloniki tradition. Text: Debajo ‘l kiupri de Larso hay una moza zarif ke su padre la guadraba por un lindo chelibí. - Bozaĝiko regalado, tú ke seas para mí, trokaremos anillikos, mos daremos qedoshín.- Demandas ke le demanda, ke lo hacía muerir: le demanda kasa alta, ventanas para el yalí: le demanda baño en kasa, ke sea muy kubbelí, kon esklavas por telekas y mozos por kiulanĝís. Translation: Beneath ‘l bridge of Larso there is a beautiful girl whom her father kept for a handsome loved one - Beloved painter, you who are for me, we will exchange rings, we will give each other wedding vows The things that she demands, these kill him she asks for a tall house, windows for the balcony: she asks a bathroom in the house, that it be very spacious, with maids for cleaning and servants for preparing food.
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