The Wendish Research Exchange

A. 262. The Small Wine Garden

mersiowsky - 9-5-2014 at 09:58 AM

Translated by Ed Bernthal

The youth was going
Out into the forest
Out early in the morning
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
Out early in the morning.

Why does he want to go into the forest
Why into the forest
So early in the morning
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
So early in the morning?

He want to chop
He want to chop
The maple posts there
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
The maple posts there.

What does he want to make
What does he want to make
With the maple posts now
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
With the maple posts now?

He wants to build himself
He wants to build himself
A nice little wine garden
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
A nice little wine garden.

Then there came flying along
Then there came flying along
There a little bird
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
There a little bird.

Ksch, ksch! You little bird
Ksch, ksch! You little bird
You small good for nothing
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
You small good for nothing.

Don’t pluck in my little green garden
Don’t pluck in my little green garden
The small berries off
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
The small berries off.

They will be eaten
They will be eaten
By me and my loved one
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
By me and my loved one.

When to the wedding
When to the wedding
We both will be going
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
We both will be going.

In the first room
In the first room
Music will be playing
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
Music will be playing

In the second room
In the second room
There stand the young bride
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
There stands the young bride.

In the third room
In the third room
There are the white beds
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
There are the white beds.

He goes to the bed
He goes to the bed
She breaks into tears
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
She breaks into tears.

If I am ugly
If I am ugly
Throw me into the sea
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
Throw me into the sea.

Into the sea, the deep
Into the sea, the deep
Into the sea, the wide sea
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
Into the seas, the wide sea.

But if I am beautiful
But if I am beautiful
Take me into your house
Haj syndom syndom synduschka
Take me into your house.



Attachment: The Small Wine Garden.mp3 (1.4MB)
This file has been downloaded 194 times