L 239
I. Sad Songs, 2. Old Lament
Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1929; BB 98)
Recording:
MH_1507
Collecting:
Gyergyóalfalu (Csík County; now: Joseni, Romania), 1911, Antal Molnár
Informant:
man
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Source of the words:
Recording:
MH_1044a
Collecting:
Gyergyóújfalu (Csík County; now: Suseni, Romania), August 1907, Béla Bartók
Informant:
Mrs. Péter Tóth
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Olyan árva vagyok, mint út mellett az ág,
Kinek minden ember nekimenyen s levág;
Az én éltemnek es most úgy vagyon sorsa,
Mer bokros búbánat azt igen futkossa.
Hervadni kezdettem, mint ősszel a rózsa,
Kinek nincsen sohutt semmi pártfogója;
Addig menyek, addig a kerek ég alatt,
Valamíg megnyugszom fekete főd alatt.
I am as lonely as the bough along the road
That everyone stumbles into and cuts off;
The destiny of my life now is just the same,
Since it is interwoven with thorny grief.
I began to wither like the rose in autumn
Who has no patron anywhere;
I will keep going under the firmament,
Until I find rest under the black earth.