Beli grad

from Tira Les by Svarica

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"Pjesma Beli grad zapisana je u Svetoj Jani pored Jastrebarskog. Kako nam kazuje akademik Katičić u svojoj knjizi Vilinska vrata, ovdje se radi o bijelom gradu koji se bijeli jer ga je sagradila bijela vila. Prema pretkršćanskoj hrvatskoj i slavenskoj predaji to žensko božansko biće, velika slavenska božica Mokoš, na vratima svoga grada/dvora udaje svoju kćer. U ovoj pjesmi vidimo da mlada nevjesta ima više prosaca, koji se ovdje nazivaju gospodom. Mlada nevjesta jadikuje, jer zna da će morati napustiti roditeljski dom, a motiv konja veže se za njezinog budućeg supruga, mladog boga Jarila/Jurja, jer se za njega često spominje da ili jaše na konju ili je i sam predstavljen kao konj."

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Beli se, beli, beli grad,
u njem se konjci sigraju,
srebrne vuzde trgaju
po devojku se spravljaju.
Devojka jim se plakala,
majka ju je tažila:

-Muči, pa muči, ćerčice,
tak su i mene vodili,
pak sam ti dobra do'čkala.
Devetim zetom punica.

Devetim zetom punica,
devetim snaham svekrva,
pod svakom snahom mladi sin,
pod najmlajšom mlada 'ći,
za nju se biju Bišćani
i sva hrvatska gospoda.

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from Tira Les, released February 20, 2015
Music: Damir Markotić, Lyrics: Traditional

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Croatian Ethno/Folk Band inspired by the spirituality of our ancestors.

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