Als die alte Mutter

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by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923)

Translation © by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes

Když mne stará matka

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: GER

Když mne stará matka
zpívat učívala,
podivno, že často,
často slzívala.

A teď také slzou
snědé líce mučím,
když cigánské děti
hrát a zpívat učím.

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Text Authorship:

by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923), appears in Cigánské melodie, no. 22, first published 1859 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in Czech (Čeština), [adaptation] ; composed by Karel Bendl, Antonín Dvořák.
Also set in English, a translation by Natalie Macfarren (1826 - 1916) CAT CZE FIN FRE GER GER ITA ITA ; composed by Charles Edward Ives.
Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923) , no title CAT CZE ENG ENG ENG FIN FRE ITA ITA ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.

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GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Als die alte Mutter

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Czech (Čeština)

Als die alte Mutter 
mich noch lehrte singen,
sonderbar, dass Tränen 
ihr am Auge hingen.

Jetzt die braunen Wangen 
netzen mir die Zähren,
wenn ich will die Kinder 
Sang und Spielen lehren!

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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923), appears in Cigánské melodie, no. 22, first published 1859
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This text was added to the website: 2015-10-13
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Word count: 32