Songs of Nicolae Bretan: A fiam bölcsőjénél (At My Son's Cradle)

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Nicolae Bretan (1887-1968) was a Romanian opera composer, baritone, conductor and theatre director. He wrote 5 operas and more than 300 Lieder in three languages: Romanian, Hungarian and German. Bretan's heritage is exclusively recorded by Nimbus Records, and the CDs are available at Amazon.com.

A fiam bölcsőjénél (At My Son's Cradle) by Ady Endre

Hűs lugasban, vén, nyári napon,
Aludj, mikor az apád altat,
Kicsi fiam:
Felleg-bölcsőd sírva ringatom.

Álom-testecskédet legyezem,
Csókokra emlékszem, melyekből,
Kicsi fiam,
Nem hívott elő a szerelem.

Hogy ködből vagy és sohse valál,
Sohse fájt így szegény apádnak,
Kicsi fiam,
Közel lehet hozzá a Halál.

Édes magzat-vágyak teltenek,
Csak téged kiván már a csókom,
Kicsi fiam,
Aludj, aludj, vén apád beteg.

Vén nyár, vén sors, magtalan apa:
Akartad-e valaha látni;
Kicsi fiam;
Kóbor, bús apádat valaha?

Halál leseng e nyári napon,
Mintha én feküdnék bölcsődben,
Kicsi fiam,
S álom-arcocskád cirógatom.

Please note that I do not have a translation and would be grateful for one.

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  • Lovely, expressive singing. Thank you for posting this sing. I wrote a book on Bretan's one-act operas and correspond with Judit often. But, I have never seen that photo. Where did you find it?

  • @meistersinger The photo is of Viktor Ullman, the Austrian-Czech composer, another wonderful humanity figure with a very tragic fate. Incomprehensible personal associations from my side.

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  • @Arashi110 Ah, thank you. I read with sadness how Ullman died. So many great artists have been killed who only meant to bring beauty to the world. Thanks for the clarification.

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