Text & Translation
Apró alma lehullott
Hungarian source:
Traditional
Ki fëlszëdi, nem marad hëjába,
Én fëlszëdëm, kimosom, eltëszëm,
S a rózsámat igazán szeretëm.
Cifra bunda szëgre van akasztva,
Szaladj rózsám akaszd a nyakamba,
Hagy járjuk el azt a csárdás táncot,
Fejérváron zërgetik a láncot.
From the tree a tiny apple fell
English translation ©
Anon.
He who finds it picks it up:
I pick it up, wash it, put it away.
I love my sweetheart so dearly.
A beautiful fur coat hangs there
My sweetheart hangs it round my neck.
We dance a gay csárdas,
But heavy chains rattle in Fejérvár.
Apró alma lehullott
Hungarian source:
Traditional
From the tree a tiny apple fell
English source:
Anon.
Apró alma lehullott a sárba,
From the tree a tiny apple fell,
Ki fëlszëdi, nem marad hëjába,
He who finds it picks it up:
Én fëlszëdëm, kimosom, eltëszëm,
I pick it up, wash it, put it away.
S a rózsámat igazán szeretëm.
I love my sweetheart so dearly.
Cifra bunda szëgre van akasztva,
A beautiful fur coat hangs there
Szaladj rózsám akaszd a nyakamba,
My sweetheart hangs it round my neck.
Hagy járjuk el azt a csárdás táncot,
We dance a gay csárdas,
Fejérváron zërgetik a láncot.
But heavy chains rattle in Fejérvár.
Composer
Zoltán Kodály
Zoltán Kodály was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály Method. Information from Wikipedia. Read more here.
Poet
Traditional
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