L 251

III. Diverse Songs, 14. Complaint

Twenty Hungarian Folk Songs for voice and piano (1929; BB 98)

Beteg az én rózsám nagyon,
Talán meg is hal,
Talán meg is hal;
Ha meg nem hal, kínokat lát,
Az is nékem baj,
Ha meg nem hal, kínokat lát,
Az is nékem baj.

A te súlyos nyavalyádból
Adjál nékem is,
Adjál nékem is,
Had’ érezzük mind a ketten,
Érezzem én is,
Had’ érezzük mind a ketten,
Érezzem én is.

My sweetheart is very ill,
Perhaps she will die,
Perhaps she will die;
If she does not die, she will have pains,
This will also be my grief,
If she does not die, she will have pains,
This will also be my grief.

Of your grave illness
Give me some too,
Give me some too,
Let us feel it both,
Let me feel it too
Let us feel it both,
Let me feel it too.