Who Was the Matchmaker
See also
Song
A Maid from Vrontados
The Best-Woman Who Ended up a Bride
A maid from Vrontados sat weaving,
her loom in full song to the shuttle’s beat
when a bird flew down and perched on it.
It...
Song
My Heartless Love
Smyrna's Bálos
My heartless love,
do you not feel for me
as you don your finery
and I lose myself for love of thee?
Come kiss me quick
...
Song
The Lament of the Virgin (Baidiri, Asia Minor)
Holy Week Lament
...
The Virgin heard the awful news, she swooned and fell,
they fetched some water in a crock; three tumblers of flower-wat...