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by Julius Zeyer (1841 - 1901)

Jednání II. Píseń Mahuleny
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  ENG
Mahulena:
…Zpívávala jsem, tak se mi zdá. 
Kam odlétly ty moje staré písně? 
(mlčí, za chvíli počne tiše zpívat.)

Těch dvanáct panen změnilo se v holubice
a sedly na javor, žalostně vrkajíce 
a pravily: kdo velké naše hoře 
by prozradil, ať oněmí…

(mluví)

Ne, tak to není… Či snad přece… 
Nač ale zpívat? Ach, raděj chtěla bych 
na světě nebýt... nebýt … 

(Propukne v tichý pláč. 
Vratko blíží se nesměle plačící Mahuleně.)

Text Authorship:

  • by Julius Zeyer (1841 - 1901) [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 Josef Suk (1874 - 1935), "Jednání II. Píseń Mahuleny", subtitle: "Slovenská lidová", op. 13 no. 5 (1897-1898) [ voice and piano ], from Radúz a Mahulena, no. 5, revised 1912 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Act II. Mahulena’s Song", subtitle: "A Slovak folk song", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Patrick John Corness

This text was added to the website: 2023-11-08
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

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