L 6
4. (early version: 4a) A gyulai kert alatt
Hungarian Folk Songs [Volume I], Nos. 1–10 for voice and piano (1906, rev. 1938; BB 42)
Recording:
MH_0925b
Collecting:
Békésgyula (Békés County), July 1906, Béla Bartók
Informant:
a girl
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
A gyulai kert alatt, kert alatt
Barna legény rozmaringot arat.
Én vagyok a rozmaring kévekötője,
Barna legény igaz szeretője.
Benedeki kert alatt, kert alatt
Rézsarkantyúm ott maradt, ott maradt.
Eredj babám, keresd meg, se haj keresd meg;
Ha megleled pengesd meg, pengesd meg.
Below the gardens of Gyula
A dark-haired lad is harvesting rosemary.
I am the one who bundles up the rosemary,
I am the dark-haired lad’s true lover.
Below the gardens of Benedek
My copper spurs were left.
Go, my sweetheart, find them, hey, find them.
If you find them, rattle them, rattle them.