Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys | Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys

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by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Na horách ticho a v údolí ticho

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Na horách ticho a v údolí ticho,
Přiroda dříma sladký sen;
A vzduchem táhne tajemné váni,
Ke kmenu v lese šepce kmen.

A lesy šumí v modravou dáli,
Když dechne vání na lupen,
Šumí a šumí dále a dále,
S šuměním táhne tak mnohý sen!

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Confirmed with Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických od Gustava Pflegera (Moravského), V Praze (Prague) : Nákladem knihkupectvi: I. L. Kober, 1862, page 67. Note: in stanza 2, line 3, word 6, the website antonin-dvorak.cz shows "dál" instead of "dále". The Bärenreiter edition (2003) of Dvořák's setting follows the Pfleger-Moravský edition.

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 13 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Na horách ticho a v údolí ticho", B. 11 no. 13 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Na horách ticho v údolí", op. 2 (Písně = Songs = Lieder) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "In the hills there is calm and it is quiet in the valley", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
GER German (Deutsch) (Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler) , "Stille", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 2. Übertragungen , in Nach böhmischen Dichtern

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys,
drowsy nature’s sweetly dreaming;
in the air a mysterious breeze stirs,
trees unto trees are whispering.

Forests murmur through bluish space afar
when breezes breathe upon the leaves;
near and far they murmur, on they murmur;
from that murmuring come many dreams!

Text Authorship:

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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 13
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-18
Line count: 8
Word count: 50