Žaneta Štipáková - Čhajori romaňi
created: 09. 07. 2021 09:59 modified: 09. 07. 2021 10:06
Zaneta Stipakova, an actress and singer in the Theater Romathan, sings the Romani folk song Romani Girl, accompanied by the professional pianist, a teacher at the elementary music schools, a composer and a Romani hip-hop performer Miroslav Rac, whose artistic pseudonym is BG. The song Romani Girls is a sort of anthem for the Roma in Slovakia, as it's lyrics express the hard life of Roma during the WWII and the Romani holokaust. The video was recorded on 24th of August, 2015 in Presov, at the event titled Live Book: word - picture - sound, organized by the State Research Library in Presov, as commemoration of the Romani holokaust.
copyright: State Scientific Library in Prešov
recorded: 24. 08. 2015
category: music
tags: vocal-instrumental modern folk solo original Romani Žaneta Štipáková Miroslav Rác general audience internal
A text transcript of the video content
Čhajori romaňi
Čhajori romaňi,
Joj,
Ker mange jagori.
Na cikňi, na bari,
Joj,
De, čarav tro voďori.
Na somas me khere,
Joj,
Na džanav, ko avľas.
Avľa mro pirano,
Joj,
De, šukar čho romano.
Dievčatko rómske
Dievčatko rómske,
Joj,
Urob že mi ohník.
Nie veľký, nie malý,
Joj,
Moja sladká dušička.
Nebola som doma,
Joj,
Neviem, kto prišiel.
Prišiel môj frajer,
Joj,
Ten pekný rómsky chlapec.
Romani Girl
Romani girl,
Yay,
Make fire for me.
Not small, not big,
Yay,
My sweet soul.
I wasn’t at home,
Yay,
I didn’t know who’d come.
My lover had come,
Yay,
The handsome Romani boy.
