Note 19 — Dr. B. STEVENSON STANOYEVICH
John Bowring translation
I shall be accused of having decorated this. The translation is more free than I have generally given; but in order to show how little I have deviated from the thought of the original, I give the conclusion. (S. J. B.)
"Ako bi te u pjesmu pjevala, Pjesma ide od usta do usta, Pa ce doci u pogana usta; Ako bi te u rukave vezla, Rukav ce se odma izderati, Pa ce tvoje ime poginuti; Ako bi te u knjigu pisala Knjiga ide od ruke do ruke, Pa ce doci u pogane ruke." Vuk i. p. 200