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Chansons tziganes

Translations © by Marc Moreau

Song Cycle by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)

View original-language texts alone: Cigánské melodie

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Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Má píseň zas mi láskou zní,
když starý den umirá,
a chudý mech kdy na šat svůj
si tajně perle sbíra.

Má píseň v kraj tak toužně zní,
když svetem noha bloudí;
jen rodné pusty dálinou
zpěv volně z ňader proudí.

Má píseň hlučně láskou zní,
když bouře běží plání;
když těším se, že bídy prost
dlí bratr v umírání.

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Language: French (Français) 
Ma chanson résonne encore de mon amour
quand le vieux jour se meurt
et quand la pauvre mousse en son habit
recueille secrètement des perles.

Ma chanson résonne si ardemment dans le pays,
quand mes pas errent de par le monde,
et que, loin de ma pusta natale,
mon chant s'écoule librement de ma gorge.

Ma chanson résonne bruyamment d'amour,
quand la tempête court dans la plaine,
quand je me réjouis du fait que c'est libéré de la misère
que mon frère meurt.

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2.   [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj přerozkošně zvoní,
jak cigána píseň, když se k smrti kloní!
Když se k smrti kloní, trojhran mu vyzvání.
Konec písni, tanci, lásce, bědování.
Konec písni, tanci, lásce, bědování.

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Language: French (Français) 
Ah! Comme mon triangle résonne délicieusement,
comme la chanson du tsigane, quand il va mourir!
Quand il va mourir, le triangle est pour lui un appel.
C'est la fin de la chanson, de la danse, de l'amour, des lamentations.
C'est la fin de la chanson, de la danse, de l'amour, des lamentations.

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3.   [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
A les je tichý kolem kol,
jen srdce mír ten ruší,
a černý kouř, jenž spěchá v dol,
mé slze v lících, mé slze suší.

Však nemusí jich usušit,
necht' v jiné tváře bije.
Kdo v smutku může zazpívat,
ten nezhynul, ten žije, ten žije!

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Language: French (Français) 
La forêt est calme alentour,
seul mon cœur dérange cette paix
et la fumée noire, qui descend rapidement,
sèche mes larmes sur mes joues.

Mais elle ne devrait pas les sécher,
il faut qu'elle frappe un autre visage.
Celui qui peut chanter dans la tristesse,
ne périt pas, il vit.

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4.   [sung text checked 1 time]
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Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala,
podivno, že často, často slzívala.
A ted' také pláčem snědé líce mučim,
když cigánské děti hrát a zpívat učim!

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Language: French (Français) 
Quand ma vieille mère m'apprenait à chanter,
étrangement, souvent elle pleurait.
Et moi aussi, maintenant je tourmente de pleurs mes joues hâlées,
quand j'apprends aux enfants tsiganes à jouer et à chanter.

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5.   [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Struna naladěna,
hochu, toč se v kole,
dnes, snad dnes převysoko,
zejtra, zejtra, zejtra zase dole!

Pozejtří u Nilu 
za posvátným stolem;
struna již, struna naladěna,
hochu, toč, hochu, toč se kolem!

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Language: French (Français) 
La corde est accordée,
garçon, tourne dans la ronde,
aujourd'hui peut-être très haut (= très heureux),
demain à nouveau en bas (= triste).

Après-demain près du Nil
derrière la table sacrée (l'autel),
la corde est déjà accordée,
garçon, tourne dans la ronde!

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6.   [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Široké rukávy a široké gatě
volnější cigánu nežli dolman v zlatě.
Dolman a to zlato bujná prsa svírá;
pod ním volná píseň násilně umírá.
A kdo raduješ se, tvá kdy píseň v květě,
přej si, aby zašlo zlato v celém světě!

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Language: French (Français) 
De larges manches et de larges culottes
sont pour le tsigane plus libres qu'une soutane cousue d'or.
La soutane et cet or étreignent la poitrine bouillonnante,
sous cet habit meurt violemment la chanson.
Et toi qui te réjouis, quand ta chanson est en fleur,
souhaite que périsse l'or dans le monde entier!

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7.   [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Dejte klec jestřábu ze zlata ryzého;
nezmění on za ni hnízda trněného.
Komoni bujnému, jenž se pustou žene,
zřídka kdy připnete uzdy a třemene.
A tak i cigánu příroda cos dala:
k volnosti ho věčným poutem, k volnosti ho upoutala.

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Language: French (Français) 
Donnez une cage d'or pur à l'épervier,
il n'échangera pas contre elle son nid épineux.
Au coursier fougueux qui galope dans la pusta,
vous attachez rarement des brides et un mors.
Et de même la nature a donné au tsigane quelque chose:
elle l'a enchaîné par un lien éternel à la liberté.

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