Gelem, gelem - Žaneta Štipáková, Jozef Ferko
created: 12. 03. 2020 15:30 modified: 27. 11. 2020 01:47
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Recording of a specific version of the Romani anthem Gelem, gelem was created on August 24, .2016 in Hanušovce nad Topľou during a public event on the occasion of the Memorial Day of the Roma Holocaust. Sings Žaneta Štipáková, soloist of the Romathan Theater in Košice, the guitar is played by Jozef Ferko, a member of the Romathan Theater Ensemble.
In 1971, in Orpington, near London, the United Kingdom, at the First World Congress of the Roma, this song was recognized as the official anthem of the Roma nation. It was based on the motives of an old Balkan love song, the text is about the wandering of the Roma and suffering during the Second World War.
The text was written and the musical arrangement was made by the composer Žarko Jovanovič, a native of Yugoslavia, in 1949.
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 24. 08. 2016
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern rom-pop duet borrowed Romani Žaneta Štipáková Jozef Ferko general audience internal
A text transcript of the audio content
Gelem, gelem
Gelem, gelem lungone dromenca,
maladilem bachtale Romenca.
Aj Romale khatar tumen aven?
Le cahrenca, bokhale čhavenca.
Jaj Romale, jaj čhavale.
Wanderd, wandered
We wandered, wanderd long roads,
Met happy Roma there.
Hey, Roma, where are you coming from,
Under the wagon sheet, with hungry children.
Hey, Romale, hey people.
Išli sme, išli
Išli sme, išli dlhými cestami,
Stretli sme šťastných Rómov.
Hej, Rómovia, odkiaľ putujete?
Pod plachtami, s hladnými deťmi.
Jaj, Rómovia, jaj, ľudkovia.
