Măi puiuț de rândune'
Măi puiuț de rândune' (Romanian)
Măi puiuț de rândune'
Măi puiuț de rândune'
N-ai văzut pe mama me?
N-ai văzut pe mama me?
Am văzut-o după șatră
Frământă la pită albă
Pită albă frământă
Lacrimi amare varsă
Pită albă nu frământe
După mine nu să cânte
După mine nu să cânte
Că unde m-o dat nu mi binente
După mine nu să cânte
Că unde m-o dat nu mi bine
Măi puiuț de rândune' - Little swallow bird (English)
Oh, little swallow bird
Oh, little swallow bird
Did you see my mum?
Did you see my mum?
I saw her behind the camp
She was kneading white bread
White bread she was kneading
And bitter tears she was crying
Tell her to stop kneading bread
To stop singing
To stop singing
Because she married me away from her, and I am not well
"This is a Doina, a type of archaic song generated by deep, inconsolable pain. In this case, the pain was caused by the irrevocable separation of a daughter from her mother. Originally, Doina was a song performed in solitude by an ailing singer. Strangely, by performing it, the singer healed or, at least, eased her pain."
Tereza Catarov - voice
Yiorgos Bereris - piano
Thodoris Ziarkas - bass, lyra
Billy Pod - drums
Composition - Suzana Popescu
Sound engineer - Simone Galizio
Mixing and Mastering - Alex Bonney