L 13
10. Szánt a babám
Hungarian Folk Songs [Volume I], Nos. 1–10 for voice and piano (1906, rev. 1938; BB 42)
Collecting:
Békésgyula (Békés County), July 1906, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Panna Illés (17)
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Szánt a babám csireg, csörög sej haj a járom.
Szánt a babám a benedeki határon;
Száraz a főd, hármas eke nem állja,
Szép a babám, Benedeken sej haj nincs párja.
Mondtam babám ne rakd meg a sej haj szekeret.
Feltöri a villanyél a kezedet,
Fábul van a villanyele, nem másbul,
Feltöri a tenyeredet sej haj csunyául
My sweetheart is ploughing, the yoke is clink-clanking, hey-ho,
My sweetheart is ploughing in the fields of Benedek.
The earth is dry, the triple-plow cannot work it.
My sweetheart is handsome, he has no match in Benedek, hey-ho.
I told you, sweetheart, not to load the cart.
The handle of the fork will crack your hand.
The handle of the fork is made of wood, nothing else.
It cracks your palm badly.