От прирожения звери, ходящие в пустыни, знають ямы своя; птици, летающие по возъдуху, ведають гнезда своя; рибы, плавающие по морю и в реках, чують виры своя; пчелы и тым подобныя боронять ульев своих, — тако ж и люди, игде зародилися и ускормлены суть по бозе, к тому месту великую ласку имають.
“Beasts wandering in the wilderness know their own dens; birds flying through the air know their own nests; fish swimming the seas and rivers sense their own pools; bees and their kind guard their own hives — so too do people cherish greatly the place where they were born and raised.”
People, like all living creatures, feel a deep, natural attachment to their native land — an early expression of Belarusian patriotism.
— Francysk Skaryna, Belarus
Source: Francysk Skaryna, preface to the Book of Judith (Bivlia Ruska), Prague, 9 February 1519
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