I have a red velvet hat on my head.

I have a red velvet cap on my head, ; I sit like that, but in the middle of the saddle. ; I encourage my horse with spurs, with spurs, ; With beautiful words, (but) with beautiful words I wait for my dove. ; ; I lay in the hospital for nine weeks, ; My mother was not even there by my side. ; I asked for water, but I asked for water, she could not even give me water, ; For nine weeks, but for nine weeks strangers nursed me. ; ; The great cemetery in Bratislava is surrounded by an iron fence, ; The orphaned body of a hussar rests there. ; Let his mother, his lover, mourn him back home, ; Because she does not know, she does not know where her son's grave is.