L 160
5. [Fă mă Doamne, ce mii face]
Nine Romanian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1912?; BB 65)
Recording:
MH_1679b
Collecting:
Temesmurány/Murani (Temes/Timiş County), March 1912, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Ion Buzdugan and other young men
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Romanian
Remarks:
The words are editorially supplied on the basis of the folk song used in the work.
Fă mă, Doamne, ce mii face,
Fă mă, Doamne, ce mii face,
Fă mă buşume de vie,
Fă mă buşume de vie.
La Domnii’n cănţălărie,
La Domnii’n cănţălărie,
Să văd Domnii pe ce scrie,
Să văd Domnii pe ce scrie.
Turn me, Lord, turn me,
Turn me, Lord, turn me,
Turn me into a vine-stock,
Turn me into a vine-stock.
By the gentlemen in the chancellery,
By the gentlemen in the chancellery,
To see what the gentlemen write on,
To see what the gentlemen write on.