Tunjariko sas
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Recording
Musical transcription based on the booklet accompanying the CD Amare gila - Unsere Lieder / Our Songs
Tunjariko sas came about when the Nikolić family - Ruža, her husband Mišo and their two first-born children - were travelling by car and with their tent to trade with carpets. They were travelling in Germany with a group of Kelderara, a Romani group that specializes in the craft of coppersmithing. Ruža and Mišo were sitting in their tent in the dark, it was raining, and the lights of the caravans were shining all around them. Everyone else was more comfortable, they were the only ones with just a tent. They looked out into the darkness, Ruža had the baby in her arms, Mišo picked up his guitar and the melody of Tunjariko sas slowly emerged. The lyrics are based on the motif of rain. With tears in their eyes, they recorded the song for the first time on the spot.
In an interview with Christa Stippinger in 1993, the singer remembers this time:
“We travelled from town to town with the Kelderara in Germany with carpets. They all had caravans and we only had a tent. We always spent the night at the campsites. And once it rained and my daughter was still small. I was still breastfeeding her. My heart hurt so much because I saw that they could cook something warm in the caravan and it was dry. I thought to myself, we are actually the most miserable of them all.”
Source:
- Stippinger, Christa. “Interview with Ruza Nikolic-Lakatos.” In: Women between Cultures. Documentary brochure on a series of events by the project group Christa Stippinger, Christa Witz in the Amerlingshaus in December 1992, 1992. pp. 112-119.
For the CD Gelem Gelem, Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos and The Gypsy Family produced a new version of Tunjariko sas.
Commentary
(GERMAN ONLY) During a performance at the Amerlinghaus in 1993, Ruža Nikolić-Lakatos and her husband Mišo Nikolić explain the history of Tunjariko sas.
Lyrics
Stanza 1
| Tunjariko sas, o brišind das, | It was dark, it was raining, |
| bara brigasa voj mange phendas: | and in great sadness she said to me: |
| Me si te žav-tar, tut te mekav, | I must go, I must leave you, |
| ke tu so kerdan, naštig bristav. | because I cannot forget what you have done. |
Stanza 2
| Tu kana godi man xoxaves, | You always cheat on me, |
| avrasa phires, avra tu kames. | you have an affair with someone else, you love someone else. |
| De atunčartul muro ilo | Since that time, my heart has |
| tutar šudas pe, ma naj tjiro. | turned away from you, it no longer belongs to you. |
Stanza 3
| [Mišo spricht:] | [Mišo speaks:] |
| Tunjariko si, o brišind del, | It's dark, it's raining, |
| voj las lokes, lokes te rovel | she began to cry quietly, very quietly, |
| dikjonas sar pitjan lake asva | you could see her tears, |
| pa lake šukar kale jakha. | falling from her beautiful black eyes. |
Stanza 4
| Phen mange, sar tut me te bristav, | Tell me how to forget you, |
| kana me tut sa maj but kamav! | when I love you more than ever. |
| Me žanav si te avel pharo | I know it will be very hard, |
| te ašav korkoro, |: taj bi tjiro :|. | to stay alone |: and be without you :|. |
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