Song of Marko Boçari
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The Song of Marko Boçari from Suli (Albanian: Kënga e Marko Boçarit nga Suli) is an Albanian polyphonic folk song of the early 19th century narrating the death of Markos Botsaris, a Souliot leader.
History
Markos Botsaris was a leader of the Souliotes, a tribe of Albanian origin.[1] After the beginning of Greek War of Independence he became one of its central figures. He died in Kefalovryso, modern western Greece in 1823 during a battle between Ottoman and Souliot forces.
Song
The Song of Marko Boçari from Suli is a narrative and lament of his death. It contains more than 70 octosyllabic lines and was published about fifty years after the event by Thimi Mitko, an Albanian folklorist in his book Bleta Shqipëtare (Albanian: The Albanian Bee).[2]
Lyrics
Part of the lyrics:
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Një harap me karabinë |
A moor with a carbine |
Sources
- ^ Trencsényi, Balázs; Kopeček, Michal (2006). Discourses of collective identity in Central and Southeast Europe (1770-1945): texts and commentaries. Late Enlightenment - Emergence of the Modern National Idea. Vol. 1. Central European University Press. p. 173. ISBN 9637326529.
- ^ American Foklore Society (1954). Memoirs of the American Folklore Society. American Folklore Society. Vol. 44. University of Texas Press. p. 173.