L 16
6. Megittam a piros bort
Hungarian Folk Songs, Volume II for voice and piano (1906–1907; BB 43)
Collecting:
Tápiószele (Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County), August 1906, Béla Bartók
Informant:
girls
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Megittam a, megittam a piros bort a pohárbul,
Kár volna még kimulnom a világbul,
Kár volna még meghalni,
Ilyen korán hërvadni,
A szelei, kis szelei temetőbe hërvadni.
I drank the red wine from the glass,
It would be sad to leave the world now.
It would be a pity to die now,
To wilt so early,
To wilt in the cemetery of Szele, Kisszele.