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3. [Ha elmégy, ha elmégy]
Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1904–1905; BB 37)
Source of the melody:
Collecting:
Gerlice (Gömör County; now: Grlica, Slovakia), 1904, Béla Bartók
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Remarks:
Cf. Bartók System, B 31 (BR 05268); ZTI, MS 3923e
The words are editorially supplied on the basis of:
Collecting:
Nagypeszek (Hont County), 1912, Zoltán Kodály Zoltán
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Ha elmégy, ha elmégy,
Csak hozzám igaz légy.
A te igaz szived
Hamisra ne fordítsd.
Hamisra fordítod,
Verjen meg az Isten.
Ha jóra fordítod,
Áldjon meg az Isten.
If you go away, if you go away,
Only be true to me.
Your faithful heart
Do not change to be untrue.
If it becomes untrue,
May God punish you.
If you remain true,
May God bless you.