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The bird flies back to the garden and alights next to the girl. It speaks to her with a harsh but necessary honesty:
The title refers to a popular Bulgarian and Macedonian folk song that translates to "A maiden sat in a garden." The story told within its lyrics is a poignant tale of love, longing, and eventual betrayal. The Maiden and the Falcon v_gradina_moma_sedeshe
: The falcon advises her not to grieve. It tells her that it is better to have lost someone so untrustworthy and encourages her to find a new, true love who will actually cherish her. The bird flies back to the garden and
She pleads with the falcon to fly high and travel to a "distant, desolate foreign land" where her true love has gone. Haunted by uncertainty, she asks the bird to find him and bring back an answer to one painful question: The Bitter News It tells her that it is better to