"The enigmatic Hungarian female voice", Andrea Gerak experiments with traditional songs, mainly with those coming from her country, approaching them from different angles. Traditional, new age, ethno jazz or acappella interpretations: mystery, magic, beauty, supernatural embraced in her timeless songs.
Arva Az a Madar - Lonely Is The Bird album spreading all over the web - June 23, 2009
Andrea's first New Age, ethnic fusion album Arva az a madar - Lonely Is The Bird is soon available now for download at all the best digital music sites: iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, Amazon and much more.
Video: There Is No Greater Sadness - June 10, 2009
Theme song: traditional Hungarian folk song from Transylvania
Music arrangement: Effi Shoshani
Vocals, photos: Andrea Gerak
ENGLISH TRANSLATION:
There is no greater sadness in the world
Than when those get married who don't love each other,
If she has to hug him, she says her arms hurt,
If she has to kiss him, she sheds tears.
I love you, I love you, but tell it to no-one
Till they carry me laid out on the church's ground.
Don't tell it to your mother that I love you,
No-one should know that I'm dying for you.
Love, love, wretched anguish
Why didn't you blossom on the leaves of each tree
On the leaves of each tree, at the bottom of each bush,
Let each boy and girl pluck you.
'cause I've already plucked one and also missed it,
Instead of a tame dove, I caught a wild one,
I would pluck again if I found a good one,
If a good one, if a nice one, my old flame.
For my old flame what wouldn't I do,
I would scoop the water out of the sea with a spoon,
From the sea bottom I would pick tiny pearls,
For my old flame I would bind a pearl-wreath.
