L 171
6. Töltik a nagy erdő útját
Eight Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1907, 1917; BB 47)
Source of the melody:
Recording:
MH_1016a
Collecting:
Csíkvacsárcsi (Csík County; now: Văcăreşti, Romania), July 1907, Béla Bartók
Informant:
woman
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Source of the words:
Collecting:
Nyárádköszvényes (Maros-Torda County; now: Mătrici, Romania), April 1914, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Mrs. István Sebesi
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Ferenc Székelyhidy (voice), Béla Bartók (piano)
Bartók at the Piano, Hungaroton, 1991
Töltik a nagy erdő útját,
Viszik a székely katonát;
Viszik, viszik szegényeket,
Szegény székely legényeket.
Ugy elviszik arr’ a helyre,
Hol az út is vérrel festve,
Kit a golyó, kit a lándzsa,
Kit éles kard összevágta.
They are building the road of the great forest,
They are taking the Székely soldiers;
Taking them, taking the poor ones,
The poor Székely lads.
They are taking them to that place
Where the road is stained with blood.
One is hit by a bullet, or a spear,
Or hacked by a sharp sword.