Nyakas a parasztgazda [English translation]

The farmer is headstrong, he's the uncouth type

He's laughing under his sagging mustache, when the flask is full

Haj-jaj, he starts to sing under the window and he doesn't seem to stop

When the rope of his pants is loose, he only wears a hat

He starts to sing under the window and he doesn't seem to stop

When the rope of his pants is loose, he only wears a hat

A young bride is milking a cow in thin flaxen clothes

But her shirt came apart, making her breasts all exposed

Hej-hej, she was taken aback for a moment, and of course, that was her demise

A handsome levente1noticed her and wrestled her to the ground immediately

She was taken aback for a moment, and of course, that was her demise

A handsome levente noticed her and wrestled her to the ground immediately

He drinks a little, what he always does before getting on the bicycle

Naturally he gets arrested and they take him to the jail in Nyírpilis

He sobs-cries, there's no latch or cuff that a civilian can get open

Could it be just, that such a tiny misdemeanor should land you in jail?

There's no latch or cuff that a civilian can get open

Could it be just, that such a tiny misdemeanor should land you in jail?

A gluttonous Slovakian tinker2is tasting a lamb chop

Many cheap buttons are sent flying by the sizeable stomach

O-hoo, he's gulping down wine greedily from an ancient barrel

Now it's time that a doctor sets him up with a fancy coffin

He's gulping down wine greedily from an ancient barrel

Now it's time that a doctor sets him up with a fancy coffin

1. A "levente" was a member of a Hungarian paramilitary youth organization that existed between 1921 and 1945.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levente_(organization)2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker