Engl. Trans  Kodaly  Sirato Enek
Canción del lamento

O! Mute companions, sad dead friends.
The cruel and bloody damnation has fallen upon you
You carried fire, the most beautiful gift from paradise
until the wild monster appeared and destroyed everything.
Then poetry and prose were ended
The fiddle was broken and song froze.
Nowadays we recall you, our silent folks.
The flame in you is quenched, but it is still strong in us.
And so it has been from the beginning of time
Singers come, singers go, but the song is eternal.