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Când o fi la moartea mea

Maria Tănase
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CÂND O FI LA MOARTEA MEA

Foaie verde, mărăcine
Aş muri, moartea nu-mi vine
Aş trăi şi n-am cu cine
Aş trăi şi n-am cu cine.

Foaie verde şi-o lalea
Când o fi la moartea mea
Să-mi chemaţi ibovnica
Să mor cu ochii la ea
Să-mi puie mâna sub cap
Să mă-ntrebe de ce zac.

Şi să-i las cu jurământ
Până m-o băga-n pământ
Să-mi facă groapa adânc
Să nu putrezesc curând
Să putrezesc la opt ani
Să fac voia la duşmani.

"When my death comes" (Rhyming)

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A leaf of green, under the sun,
I crave death, but death does not come
I crave life, but have no one
To share life with, there is no one.

Leaf of green, and tulip flower,
When comes that fateful hour
Call the one whom I adore
And I’ll die gazing up at her
With her hand beneath my head
She’ll ask me what has caused my death.

And I’ll have her promise me
To bury me so very deep
In my last resting place
That my corpse will waste
For eight years past my decease,
And my foes will be appeased.




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