Serbisches Volkslied | Sevdalino, mein Kleiner

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Frieder Anders

a Serbian folk‑song

Language: English after the Serbian (Српски)

Our translations: GER

Sevdalino, my little one,
are you still at home, my sweetheart?
you took all my money away:
five thousand piastres!
Give me back a little money my sweetheart,
that I might buy a pair of trousers.
Sevdalino, my little one...

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Judith Weir (b. 1954), "a Serbian folk-song", from Songs from the Exotic, no. 1. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , title 1: "Serbisches Volkslied", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Clive Robinson

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Serbisches Volkslied

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Sevdalino, mein Kleiner,
Bist Du noch zuhause, mein Liebling?
Du hast mein ganzes Geld weggenommen:
5000 Piaster!
Gib mir ein bisschen Geld zurück, mein Liebling
Dass ich mir eine Hose kaufen kann.
Sevdalino, mein Kleiner...

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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-18
Line count: 7
Word count: 35