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The fourth movement of György Ligeti's "Síppal, dobbal, nádihegedüvel" (With Pipes, Drums, Fiddles) (2000). Live performance with AXIOM in Alice Tully Hall, NYC.

Translation:
IV. Coolie
Coolie stick cut.
Coolie walk
walk
just rolling and rolling
Rickshaw
Car
Dragon-coach
Coolie pull rickshaw.
Coolie pull car.
Coolie pull dragon-coach.
just rolling and rolling
Coolie go on foot
Coolie beard white.
Coolie sleepy.
Coolie hungry.
Coolie old.
Coolie bean-sized poppy-seed-crumb-sized
little child
Little coolie beat big bad people, and rolling and rolling
Rickshaw
Car
Dragon-coach
Who pull rickshaw?
Who pull car?
Who pull dragon-coach?
If coolie die?
Coolie die.
Coolie can nooooot die!
Coolie forever
just rolling and rolling

translation: c. Sharon Krebs

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