Академический Документы
Профессиональный Документы
Культура Документы
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 245
Message of Martyr
Diva Graboveva
(the Maiden of Grabovac)
This is your maiden speaking:
A long long time ago.
I was said to be the most beautiful girl in
Rama.
Today my beauty lives in you, my dear sisters
and my fair brothers.
Your eyes still mirror the waters and meadows
of my youth, with you I breathe in the scent of
Vran, I hear your song, at first spiteful, than
mournful
Thank you for coming to Mountain Vran and
visiting your Maiden. If my story could only help
lend wings of love to you, help you embrace life,
your brothers and sisters, your life, your children
and this country of yours.
Now, this is my story:
My parents Luka and Luca prayed to God to
bless them with the gift of a child. And I grew up
as a gift.
First time when I was able to comprehend
what our Friar had preached about love of Jesus
Christ, may he be praised, on the ruins of burnt
down Church of our Virgin Mary in Rama, something overwhelmed my soul, following me wher-
245
Zadnje11E:Layout 1
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 246
246
Zadnje11E:Layout 1
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 247
247
Zadnje11E:Layout 1
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 248
248
Zadnje11E:Layout 1
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 249
of arms of red and white chess fields and the sparrow hawk over it.
Then suddenly everything changed. Their
grandfather was greedy and somewhere in a foreign land he helped the Turkish army defeat
Christians. In return the Sultan bestowed him
with a peculiar reward: everything that he traverses on horseback in one day shall be his. One
whole day he galloped throughout the Duvanjsko
Field but on his way back to Rama near Kopi
village both he and his horse collapsed dead.
All Christian souls grieved and wondered why
this noble family should have surrendered their
soul, estranged themselves from
Jesus Christ may he be praised, for
fortune and power.
249
Zadnje11E:Layout 1
250
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 250
Zadnje11E:Layout 1
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 251
251
Zadnje11E:Layout 1
1.6.2010
7:18
Page 252
252