Translation from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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...
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Serbian (Српски) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [text unavailable]
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. [text verified 1 time]
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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