"O, my Mother, dear Motherland! Why are you so grievously crying?" .
The "black gallows" standing near Sofia is the central, tragic image that signifies both the death of the hero and the peak of national suffering. 2. Traditional and Folk Versions pesen_za_vasil_levski
Deep despair, the "helpless voice" of the motherland, and the indifference of nature (symbolized by the croaking raven and the winter wind). "O, my Mother, dear Motherland