Translation from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
a Serbian folk‑song Matches base text
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...
Composition:
- Set to music by Judith Weir (b. 1954), "a Serbian folk-song", from Songs from the Exotic, no. 1
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , "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.
Line count: 7
Word count: 40