r By the sa me Autho , T H E BI BL E I N S P A I N O R , T H E J O URNE YS , AD VE NT UR E S , AND IMPRIS O NM E NT S O F AN E NGLIS HMAN, I N AT T E M PT T O C I RC ULAT E T H E SC RI PT UR E S I N T HE P E NI NSULA . F ourth E dition 3 vols. ost vo 2 s , p 8 , 7 . T H E Z I N C A L I ; AN AC C O UNT O F T H E G YP S I E S O F S P AI N . W I T H A N O R I G I N A L C O L L E C T I O N O F T H E I R S O N GS T A N D P O E R Y , A N D I A C O P O US DI C T I O NARY O F T H E I R LANG UAG E . BY E GE G O R BO RR O W . wh ich is unclean b natur h F or that , y e , t ou canst entertain no h ope ; no ”— G s w h i . F n r w ash ing will turn th e yp y te ano us . I T W O V N O L U M E S . VOL. II . T HIRD E DIT ION . E CONTENTS OF VOLUM II . T HE ZI N C ALI . PART III . CHA P T E R I . The Poetry of the Giti nos C HAP T E R I I . Spurious Gypsy Poetry of Andalusia BrijindOpe The Deluge La Retreque— The Pestilence T HE PR AI SE or Bunnn . Metempsych osis oem re tin o th W rshi f the P , la g t e o p o Buddh O n the Language of the Gitanos Robber Language Vocabulary of the Language of the Zincali C O NT E NT S . MI SCE LLA NI E S I N T HE GIT A NO LAN G UA GE . ’ The Lord s Prayer ’ The Apostles C reed — O canajimia a la De bla Prayer to th e Virgin O r redo - th d T l the G sies f C e C ree . rans ate d by yp o C ordova “ 1 28 — 0 Rejelendres Proverbs 1 23 ’ O dores ye T iliche - The Lover s Jealousy — ‘ O r Persibararse sin C horo The E vils of Concubinage 1 32 Los C hores The Robbers “ 1 34 c t a aro S ecimen f the s l C otor ye Gabi o e M j p o Go pe . ’ From the Author s unpublished T ranslation of the New Testament T HE E NGLI S H DIA LEcT o r T II E RO M M A N Y ’ The Lord s Prayer The Belief Specimen of a Song in the Vulgar or Broken Rom THE ZINCALI ; A N ACCOUNT OF THE G PSIES OF SPAIN Y . PART 1 1 1 . VO L . I I . T HE ZI NC AL I . P A R T I I I . C HAPT E R I . T HE PO ETRY O F T HE GIT A NO S . E RE is n n io orl o v r alt T H o at n in the w d, h we e ex ed or o v r ra but is in o sion of ome h we e deg ded, p sses s uliar o r i it re its uliar pec p et y, by wh ch exp sses pec i as O f re li ion o ali i mann r de g r mor ty, dep cts the e of lif to hi it is a i or in i it em e w ch dd cted, wh ch i its radi i if an it o . If th e bod es t t on s, y p ssess C in H in oo h e Gr and P er h ese , the d s, t eeks, the ian o l n i n d r n o n rac av s s, th se sp e d d a e w ed es, h e ir moral la ir m olo i al i ir the ys, the yth g c ep cs, the r e i an d eir immor al lov on so al o t ag d es, th t e s gs, s av th e il an d ar aro u i of o u an h e w d b b s tr bes S d , and an rin E uimaux ir i i the w de g sq , the d tt es, hi o v r in i nifi an in om ari on i h w ch, h we e s g c t c p s w t om o i ion of f orm r n ion ill are the c p s t s the e at s, st entitled in ev ery ess ential point to the name of poetry ; if p o etry mean tho se creation s of the mind in which it seeks f or solace an d recreation f rom ar is r n d i i h the c es, d t esses, a anx eties to wh c mortali is u ty s bj ect . T H E ZI NCALI . Part I 4 ! II. f a of T h e Gypsies too have their poetry . O th t the R ussian Zigani we have al ready said some in and o on a f u ur o a ion to en th g, h pe t e cc s be l to sa m or f or ou r n ab ed y yet e ; , th gh the p ese t or is vo t th an i G i are w k de ted o e Sp sh yps es, we willing to conf ess that they aff ord a subject by n o mean s so exten sive an d in teresting as their b r r n of S clavonia to w om oul as eth e , h we sh d suredl av urn our a t n ion in r f r n y h e t ed t e t p e e e ce, h ad po sition an d circumstan ces brought us so much and so con tinually in contact with them as i Zin ali I h as al a w th the c O f Spain . t w ys b n our o inion an d li in i ee p , we be eve that th s w e are n o m an in ular t a in n o in can by e s s g , h t th g the character of a people be read with greater ow certainty an d exactn ess than in its son gs . H truly d o the warlike ballads of the N orthmen an d D an ir d ra as an d kiwm e visera i the es, the p p , dep ct th e character of the G oth ; an d h ow equally do on of Ar a ian r l i oma the s gs the b s, ep ete w th h ge “ t o on i un r a an d rn al G od th e the e h gh, c e ted, ete , ” ” f n of bl sin onl on u ror la ountai es g, the y c q e , y ar to us min of M o l m O f r b e the d the s e the dese t, o ran ara ri i is r li iou v n ra ion wh se g d ch cte st c e g s e e t , an d un c ompromisin g zeal f or the glory O f the r r C eato . T h e o r of h e i is in al p et y t Span ish Gyps es , m o v r r u as mi e to st e e y espect, s ch ght be expect d o ri ginate amon g people of their class ; a set of b T H E I R PO E T RY . 5 C . L] T u u i in b in an d villan of h gs, s bs st g y cheat g y every descriptio n ; hatin g the rest O f the human S i an d b oun to a o r an pec es, d e ch the by the b ds f o mmon ori i n l n o a ua an d ursui . Th c g , g ge, p ts e th emes o f this po etry are the various in ciden ts of Gi an o lif — at l - te alin ri on ad v n ur t e c t e s g, p s e t es, a sa sin a ion re v n i al lu ion to e s s t , e ge, w th s s the p f r cul iar customs o the race of R oma. H e e we ol a in runnin o n a ill allin to beh d sw e g d w h , c g the G to al him i he ill mo a sur l yp sy ste , wh ch w st s ed y — accomplis h by mean s of his intoxic atin g d rao a r lini n i on ri on oor be Gyp sy ec g s ck the p s fl , s eech e s his wif e to intercede with the alcayde f or the removal O f the chain who se weight is rs in hi s o — moon ari an d two bu t g b dy the ses, G i wh o are a ou to l a t d r iv yp s es, b t stee s ee , pe ce e m im a S an iar an in an l .