OUR HEART IS HEAVY, BROTHER
George Borrow translation
The strength of the ox, The wit of the fox, And the leveret’s speed; All, all to oppose Their numerous foes The Romany need.
Our horses they take, Our wagons they break, And us they seize In their prisons to coop, Where we pine and droop For want of breeze.
When the dead swallow The fly shall follow Across the sea, We’ll then forget The wrongs we have met, And forgiving be— Brother, of that be certain.