Hai margele! Ia margele! Cerul meu e plin de ele. Giuvaere, cruci, podoabe, Cate trei si patru boabe, Cu scantei mai tari, mai slabe. Vand si un margaritar, Cinci ocale la cantar. Dar pacat de greutate, Ca scade la jumatate Si pierde cate-o catime De crampei din ingustime. Vineri seara, la lucarne, O sa-l am cu doua coarne. Dar aduce si noroc, Ca se face iar la loc... Toata noaptea tiu deschis: Vand pe dragoste si vis Si numai pe datorie. Plata de Sfanta Marie, Ori la un soroc, stiu eu? Cand o vrea si Dumnezeu. Ia numai un pumn si du-te; Intr-o palma tii opt sute. Daca merge bine treaba Dau si Carul mic degeaba. Cand lumina se aciua, In oblon se face ziua. Incui usa pe la clanta Si strang bolta-n taraboanta Si o car tiptil acasa: Zorile sa nu ma vaza, Vantul sa nu ma miroasa. Azi, mi-a mai ramas o stea. Fetelor, care o ia?
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Authorship:
- by Ion N. Theodorescu (1880 - 1967), as Tudor Arghezi [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Felicia Donceanu (b. 1931), "Balci in Aldebaran", 1962 [ voice and piano ], confirmed with a concert programme booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]
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