Mar 2016
SYNIAT NA HITAR PETAR *
( THE DREAM OF CLEVER PETER )
the pitter patter of Bulgarian
raindrops...waiting for a taxi
'"Hitar Petar... Hitar Petar...!"
Bulgarian rain that
clever trickster here then
gone again...here again
up on the roof
one last gaze at Sofia
we dance to gǎdulka and tambura
( THE DREAM OF CLEVER PETER )
the pitter patter of Bulgarian
raindrops...waiting for a taxi
'"Hitar Petar... Hitar Petar...!"
Bulgarian rain that
clever trickster here then
gone again...here again
up on the roof
one last gaze at Sofia
we dance to gǎdulka and tambura
***
HITAR PETAR is a clever trickster character in Bulgarian folklore that I had just learnt about so his name mingled with the pitter patter of Sofian rain.
SYNIAT NA HITAR PETAR is a gorgeous piece of Bulgarian music that still dances inside my head with ever increasing delight. Gǎdulka and tambura are traditional Bulgarian stringed instruments.
Hristina Beleva & Petar Milanov are the wonderful instrumentalists who pluck this music of the air and place it firmly in my head so that the music never leaks out!
HITAR PETAR is a clever trickster character in Bulgarian folklore that I had just learnt about so his name mingled with the pitter patter of Sofian rain.
SYNIAT NA HITAR PETAR is a gorgeous piece of Bulgarian music that still dances inside my head with ever increasing delight. Gǎdulka and tambura are traditional Bulgarian stringed instruments.
Hristina Beleva & Petar Milanov are the wonderful instrumentalists who pluck this music of the air and place it firmly in my head so that the music never leaks out!
