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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.