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Mahulena: Mé srdce krvavý je květ. Co bolí mě, co bolí? Proč stále chvěju se? Nad hlavou mou když mračna táhnou, za nimi bych chtěla— nevím proč a kam. Má touha jako moje větve pne se věčně do dálky… Tam ale k tomu domu toužím přede vším, kam můj stín padá … A tak mé srdce stále bolí a stále kape z něho krev... Jsou ptáci sladcí hosté, na ruce moje ztuhlé sedají a zpívají... snad by mě konejšili, kdyby ten květ, ten krvavý, to srdce stále nebolelo mě... Ach! … Jak z hluboka ta matka země dýše... Jak z hluboka to ohvězděné nebe... To divno je, já dřív nevěděla, že také dýšou! Proč ale matka zem drží mě pevně tak? Já myslila, když vítr zalomcoval mnou, že snad mě porazí, že ruce moje zláme … On však pouze listy oderval, ty svadlé listy, které padaly jak moje slzy … někdy... nevím kdy... Pak napad' sníh a přišla dřímota, ale to srdce stále krvácelo... A přišla vesna, nové listy zas a mladí ptáci s písní starou, věčnou a vše se kolem měnilo... Je smavě tak, a matka země dýše tak silně, plna něhy... Ale moje srdce, květ krvavý, to stále bolí, bolí, bolí... O, ó!...
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), "Mé srdce krvavý je květ", op. 13 no. 11 (1897-1898) [ voice and piano ], from Radúz a Mahulena, no. 11, revised 1912 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "My heart is a bleeding flower", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Patrick John Corness
This text was added to the website: 2023-11-13
Line count: 34
Word count: 205
Mahulena: My heart is a bleeding flower. What causes this pain that I feel? Why do I keep trembling? Above my head, dark clouds seem to be moving and I want to follow them— I know not why or where. My longing, like my branches, reaches eternally into the distance… But I long most of all for the home where my shadow falls... And so my heart ceaselessly pains me and it constantly drips blood... The birds are kind guests, resting on my benumbed arms and singing… I think they would comfort me if that flower covered in blood, my heart, did not constantly pain me… Ah!… How deeply mother earth breathes… How deep is the starry sky… Strange that I never knew the elements breathe too! But why does mother earth hold me so firmly? When the wind made me sway wildly, I thought it would fell me, that it would break my arms... But it just tore away my leaves, those faded leaves that once fell as my tears… once… I know not when… Then it snowed and I became drowsy, though my heart continued to bleed… Then spring came, new leaves again and young birds with their old, eternal song and everything around me was changing... All is joyful and mother earth breathes deeply, full of grace... But my heart, a blood-soaked flower, still pains me, pains me so… O, o!…
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Based on:
- a text in Czech (Čeština) by Julius Zeyer (1841 - 1901)
This text was added to the website: 2023-11-13
Line count: 34
Word count: 234