L 240
I. Sad Songs, 3. The Fugitive
Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1929; BB 98)
Collecting:
Felsőireg (Tolna County; now: Iregszemcse), September 1906, Béla Bartók
Informant:
woman
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Remarks:
Recording of a variant: MH 35a
Erdők, völgyek, szűk ligetek,
Sokat bujdostam bennetek,
Bujdostam én az vadakkal,
Sírtam a kis madarakkal.
Azt gondolnád, eső esik,
Pedig a szemem könnyezik,
Szemem könnyes, orcám nedves,
Mind teérted van ez, kedves.
Rózsa nyílik az völgyekből,
Esik eső az egekből.
Hát én magam így 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.
You would think it is raining,
But it’s only my eyes shedding tears.
My eyes are full of tears, my cheeks are wet,
And all this is for you, dearest.
Roses are blooming in the valleys,
Rain pours from the skies.
And I, by myself, all alone,
How shall I live without you!