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A já ti uplynu preč po Dunajíčku! A já chovám doma takovú udičku, co na ní ulovím kdejakú rybičku. A já se udělám divokým holubem, a já budu lítat pod vysokým nebem. A já chovám doma takové havrany, co mně vychytajú kdejaké holuby! A já se udělám tú velikú vranú, a já ti uletím na uherskú stranu. A já chovám doma takovútu kušu, co ona vystřelí všechněm vranám dušu. A já se udělám hvězdičkú na nebi, a já budu lidem svítiti na zemi. A sú u nás doma takoví hvězdáři, co vypočítajú hvězdičky na nebi. A ty přec budeš má, lebo mi tě, Pán Bůh dá!
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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), "A já ti uplynu", op. 29b no. 1, B. 60 no. 1 (1876) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Moravské dvojzpevy II. rada, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Srb-Debrnov (1836 - 1904) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Watch, Love..."
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "I will float away from you", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Kurt Honolka) , "Die Flucht", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 106
Hey down the Blue Danube I’ll float away from you. Well, I keep in my home a fishing line, you’ll see this line will catch for me ev’ry little fishie. Well, I’ll become a dove, a wild dove, flying high. I’ll fly up high, I’ll fly around high in the sky. At home I keep ravens, ravens that will catch me, that will catch me for sure wild doves, wild doves galore. Well, then I will become a crow, a great crow too; and I will fly away to Hungary from you. Well, here at home I keep a bow with arrows plumed, they’ll surely fell all crows, all souls of crows are doomed. Well, I’ll become a star up in the sky at night, for people down below on earth a shining light. Well, sky-watchers count stars at home; they can espy all starlets shining high above in the night sky. And you’ll of course be mine, for it’s God’s will, it’s God’s will.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Moravian (Moravština) to English copyright © 2023 by Patrick John Corness, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil
This text was added to the website: 2023-06-27
Line count: 32
Word count: 165