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Dobrú noc, má milá, dobrú noc, nech ti je Pán Boh sám na pomoc. Dobrú noc, dobre spi, nech sa ti snívajú milé sny! Snívaj sa ti sníčok, ach snivaj, keď vstaneš, sníčoku veru daj, že ťa ja milujem, srdiečko svoje ti darujem.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Dobrú noc", op. 73 no. 1 (1886), published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from V národním tónu = Im Volkston. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in English [sung text checked 2 times]
- by Christophe Loiseleur des Longchamps (b. 1969), "Dobru noc", 2005, published 2005 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Virginia Woods (1845 - 1920) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák, Anna Müller.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Good Night", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Christophe Loiseleur des Longchamps) , "Bonne nuit", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Buona notte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Bertram Kottmann
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43
Gute Nacht, du, mein Lieb, gute Nacht. Mög der Herr über dir halten Wacht. Gute Nacht, gute Ruh, träumen süß, träumen lieb, mögest du! Träum den Traum, träum ihn süß, immerdar, wachst du auf, traue ihm: es ist wahr, dass du bist ewig mein, und mein Herz voll der Lieb immer dein.
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Text Authorship:
- Singable translation from Slovak (Slovenčina) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Slovak (Slovenčina) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
This text was added to the website: 2016-10-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 52