L 240
2. Erdők, völgyek, szűk ligetek
Hungarian Folk Songs, Volume II for voice and piano (1906–1907; BB 43)
Bartók composed the melody of the arrangement from several variants of the folk melody.
Collecting:
Felsőireg (Tolna County; now: Iregszemcse), September 1906, Béla Bartók
Informant:
woman
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Remarks:
Recording of a variant: MH 35a
Further source:
Recording:
MH_0949c
Collecting:
Felsőireg (Tolna County; now: Iregszemcse), September 1906, Béla Bartók
Informant:
young woman
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Remarks:
Recording unavailable.
Erdők, völgyek, szűk ligetek,
Sokat bujdostam bennetek,
Bujdostam én az vadakkal,
Sírtam a kis madarakkal.
Esik eső az egekbül,
Rózsa nyílik az völgyekbűl;
Hát én csak magam egyedül,
Hogy éljek meg nálad nélkül?
Forests, valleys, and narrow groves,
I have often wandered among you,
I have wandered with the wild beasts,
I have wept with the little birds.
Rain pours from the skies,
Roses are blooming in the valleys;
And I, by myself, all alone,
How shall I live without you?