"Aušvicate hi kher báro" - written by Růžena Danielová (1904-1988) - prisoner "Z-8259" in Auschwitz.
Singer - Dušan Holý (*1933)
Band - Folklore band TECHNIK - artistic leader & cymbalon: Jan Rokyta (1938-2012)
Recorded live at the International folklore festival in Strážnice (Czech rep.) in 1998
Lyrics:
1: - Aušvicate hi kher báro / In Auschwitz, there is a big house
odoj bešel mro piráno / and in it my husband imprisoned,
bešel, bešel, gondolinel / sitting, sitting in a prison
the pre mande pobisterel. / he's thinking and remembering me.

2: - Kata Ruska balval phurdel, / The wind comes from Russia,
mro piráno už man mukhel, / my husband is already leaving me,
mukhel, mukhel pháripnaha, / leaving, leaving me sorely,
hoj na penďas: Áčh devleha. / that he could not even say "Goodbye".

3: - Ó, tu kálo čiriklóro, / Oh, you little black bird,
lidža mange mro lilóro, / bring my letter
lidža, lidža mra romňake / to my wife
hoj som phandlo Aušvicate. / that I am imprisoned in Auschwitz.
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There are 4 more verses in full version:
4. - Aušvicate bokha báre, / In Auschwitz, there is big starvation,
the so te chal amen náne, / we have nothing to eat,
ani oda koter máro, / not even piece of bread
o blokáris bibachtálo. / and the guard is very bad.

5. - Sako ďives amen márel, / He is beating us every day,
andre búťi amen trádel, / he drives us to hard work,
teh kas kamel mukhel khére, / and he leaves some at home
phenel lake: Pášlov téle. / telling them "Lay down". (possible meaning is that raping was common there)

6. - Až me jekhvár khére džava, / When I go home some day,
le blokáris našavava, / I will kill the guard,
le blokáris našavava, / I will kill the guard,
štubinisten napekava. / and I will bake the "Stube-man" (person responsible for supervising other prisoners)

7. - Kano máro jomi, lave, / When I steal the bread,
naten amen so patri ne! / they don't give us what belong us!
The me jekhvár khére džava, / When I go home, one day...,
le blokáris našavava. / I will kill the guard!
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