Mat nobena ne stori prav, če daleč hčer moži. / Mat je mela hčere tri / omožila je vse tri. / Tretja Kata Katalena / daleč moža vzela. / Preko sive Donave, tja visoko čez gore. // Gre gledat tretjo hči / kako se ji godi. / Kata Kataleno / vpraša če ji gre dobro. / S črnim možem vogrskim, s hudim možem ravbarskim. // Usmili se me dobri bog / vsako noč moj mož odide / Kata Katalena. / Vsako noč spet pride. / Vsako noč prinese mi mrtvaško glavo. // Kata Katalena, / al poznaš to glavo. / Kaj bi ne poznala / mojga oča glave. // Kata Katalena, / al poznaš to glavo. / Kaj bi ne poznala / mojga brata glave. // Kata Katalena, / al poznaš to glavo. / Kaj bi ne poznala / moje mame glave. // Če se boš jokala / bom ubil tud tebe. / Kata Katalen.a / Z usti se smejala. / V srcu se je jokala, dušico je dala. // Kata Katalena. / Z usti se smejala. / Kata Katalena. / V srcu se jokala / Kata Katalena. / Z usti se smejala. Kata Katalena. / Dušico je dala. // Kata Katalena ..

No ma is in the right to have her daughter marry far. / There was a ma with daughters three / had them married, all the three. / Youngest, Kata Katalena / took a husband from afar. / Far over the Danube grey, far over the mountains high. // Ma calls on daughter third / to see how she is served. / Kata Katalena. / Are you doing fine, she asks. / Your black man Hungarian, your hard man barbarian. // Dear God have mercy on me. / Each night there goes away my man. /
Kata Katalena. / Each night comes back my man. / Each night he brings to me a mortal head. // Kata Katalena. / Knoweth you this head. / Should I not know it/ 'tis my father's head. // Kata Katalena. / Knoweth you this head. / Should I not know it / 'tis my brother's head. // Kata Katalena. / Knoweth you this head. / Should I not know it / 'tis my mother's head. // If you cry longer still / it will be you I kill. / Kata Katalena. / Laughter on her mouth. / Crying in her heart, her soul she gave up. // Kata Katalena. / Laughter on her mouth. / Kata Katalena. / Crying in her heart/ Kata Katalena. / Laughter on her mouth. / Kata Katalena. / Her soul she gave up. // Kata Katalena ..