Grief cannot my spirit stir,
Since I know I go to her!"THE RECOVERY OF STOLEN PROPERTY—
LOVE-CHARMS AND LOVE-POTIONSAmong the Hungarian gypsies to recover a stolen animal, some of its
dung is taken and thrown to the East and the West with the words
"Kay tut o kam dikhel:
Odoy ává kiyá mánge!""Where the sun sees thee,
Hence return to me!"But when a horse has been stolen, they take what is left of his harness,
bury it in the earth and make a fire over it, saying
"Kó tut cordyás
Nasvales th' ávlás
Leske sor ná ávlás,
Tu ná a kiyá leske
Avá sástes kiyá mange!
Leskro sor káthe pashlyol
Sár e tçuv avriurál!"
"Who stole thee
Sick may he be
May his strength depart
Do not thou remain by him,
Come (back) sound to me,
His strength lies here
As the smoke goes away!"To know in which direction the stolen thing lies, they carry a sucking
babe to a stream, hold it over the water and say:--
"Pen mánge, oh Nivaseya
Čaveskro vástehá
Kay hin m'ro gráy,
Ujes hin čavo,
Ujes sár o kam
Ujes sár páñi