Charles Godfrey Leland (1898-1936)

I Gili Romaneskro (English)

Schunava, ke baschno del a godla,
Schunava Paschomŕskro.
Te del miro Dewel tumen
Dschavena Bachtallo.[*]

Schunava opré to ruka
Chirikló ke gillela:
Kamovéla but dives,
Eh'me pale kamaveva.

Apo je wa'wer divesseste
Schunava pro gilaviben,
M'akana me avava,
Pro marzos, pro kuriben.

So korava kuribente,
So korava apre dróm;
Me kanáv miri romni,
So kamela la lákero rom.


[*] Bachtallo dschaven is the prose form. Vide Pott's Zigeuner.

 

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