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by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849)

Esik, esik, esik...
Language: Hungarian (Magyar) 
Esik, esik, esik,
Csókeső esik;
Az én ajakamnak
Nagyon jólesik.

Az eső, az eső
Villámlással jár;
A szemed, galambom,
Villámló sugár.

Mennydörög, mennydörög
A hátunk megett;
Szaladok, galambom,
Jön az öreged.

Text Authorship:

  • by Sándor Petőfi (1823 - 1849), "Esik, esik, esik", written 1844 [author's text checked 1 time 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  • by Ferenc Farkas (1905 - 2000), "Esik, esik, esik...", 1923 [ voice and piano ], unpublished [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Adalbert von Goldschmidt, Eugen Haile.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Karl Maria Kertbeny (1824 - 1882) , "Regen fällt", appears in Dichtungen von Alexander Petőfi, in Volkslieder, no. 14, Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus, first published 1858 ; composed by Carl, Graf Nostitz, Ewald Straesser.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Hugó Meltzl (1846 - 1908) , no title ; composed by Louise Pauline Marie Héritte-Viardot.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 31

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