L 242
II. Dance Songs, 5. Székely Slow Dance
Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1929; BB 98)
Recording:
MH_1014a
Collecting:
Csíkrákos (Csík County; now: Racu, Romania), July 1907, Béla Bartók Béla
Informant:
man (ca 50)
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Source of stanza 2 of the words:
Recording:
MH_1026a
Collecting:
Csíkszenttamás (Csík County; now: Tomeşti, Romania), July 1907, Béla Bartók
Informant:
woman
Performance:
voice
Ethnicity:
Hungarian
Azt akartam én megtudni,
Szabad-e másét szeretni, jaj, jaj, jajajaj;
Tudakoztam, de nem szabad, így a szivem gyászban marad,
Így a szivem gyászban marad, jaj, jaj, jajajaj.
Jaj Istenem, add megérnem,
Kit szeretek, avval élnem, jaj, jaj, jajajaj;
Ha azt meg nem adod érnem, én Istenem, végy el engem,
Én Istenem, végy el engem, jaj, jaj, jajajaj.
I wanted to find out
If one was allowed to love another’s, oh, oh, woe;
I learned, but it is forbidden, thus my heart remains in mourning,
Thus my heart remains in mourning, oh, oh, woe.
Oh, dear God let me live to see
That I can live with whom I love, oh, oh, woe;
If you don’t let me live to see this, then, dear God, rather take me away,
Then, dear God, rather take me away, oh, oh, woe.