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In the middle of Somogy County
In the middle of Somogy County
there is a small village, with a wooden tower.
Small pretty houses, with green shutters
Small pretty houses, with green shutters
are standing in a row.
All the men are gone long ago
just the women are crying silently
just the women are crying silently
when the stars are shining in the high sky at nights.
when the stars are shining in the high sky at nights.
when the stars are shining in the high sky at nights.
Young widow with her little boy,
sitting in the garden
and both of them watching the stars,
devoutly and languorously.
- Dear Mommy!
- Please tell me,
what are shining in the sky?
what are shining in the sky?
- What is meanings of these stars are so bright?
- What is meanings of these stars are so bright?
The mother from Somogy,
says with heavy tears in her eyes:
says with heavy tears in her eyes:
- One of them is a star of a sergeant
and an other one is a star of a corporal.
and an other one is a star of a corporal.
- They had wear the stars in their uniforms
- They had wear the stars in their uniforms
But both of them fallen in the war.
But both of them fallen in the war.
- The angels brought up in the sky,
- The angels brought up in the sky,
and now shining they are the bright stars.