"Моя страна, моя България"
(in English)

Many nights I haven’t slept,
many losses I have wept,
you’re still faithful.
Many songs I have expressed,
being by lots of pains depressed,
you’re still faithful.
In that land of all my life,
mummy, daddy and my wife,
all delightful.
Under that my native sky
my own child for me does cry,
ever faithful.

A country of mine,
oh dear Bulgaria!
A passion of mine,
oh dear Bulgaria!
A sorrow of mine,
oh dear Bulgaria!
Returns to you my everlasting love…

If somewhere in this wide world,
I remain breathless and cold,
you’ll be faithful.
In that land of all my life,
full of peace and full of strife,
a land blissful.
Let each rain my thought to know,
let each wind my word to sow,
a word truthful.
Let my native fields to meet
with my ballads, frank and sweet,
ever faithful.

A country of mine…

My free translation of a Bulgarian poem by Vasil Andreev which became a famous song with the music by Emil Dimitrov.

Basil Bucolic