Bular mange, phene, odova duśeko | "Set down for me, sister, this mattress"

by Borko Maitara

This song is only about the end of a story. The wasteland of a man’s life. How did he get there? There are only hints in the song: of broken promises, of a soul burning. But what the song is truly about is the consequences. When a man goes to his sister and asks for a mattress to sleep on, and sings about his loneliness and scattered family.