L 163
8. Atâtea gânduri îmi vinu
Nine Romanian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1912?; BB 65)
Source of the melody:
Recording:
MH_1947a
Collecting:
Kótliget/Cotiglet (Bihar/Bihor County), January 1912, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Sofia Balint (ca 30) and other women
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Romanian
Source of the words:
Collecting:
Vaskoh/Vaşcău (Bihar/Bihor County), February 1910, Béla Bartók
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Romanian
Atâtea gânduri îmi vinu,
Atâtea gânduri îmi vinu,
Câte flori vara prin fânu.
Atâtea gânduri mă batu,
Atâtea gânduri mă batu,
Câte flori vara prin hatu.
So many worries grow on me,
So many worries grow on me,
As flowers in summer in the hay.
So many worries weigh on me,
So many worries weigh on me,
As flowers in summer at the wayside.