The Little Apple | Blow, o kind wind

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Jabúčko

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG

Fuč, větříčku,
z podolé,
zroń jabůčko
lebo dvě.

Neráňaj ně
zelené,
ale pěkné
červené.

V zeleném je
červíček,
a v červeném
Janíček.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928), "Jabúčko" [ voice and piano ], from Moravská lidová poezie v písních, no. 12, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "The Little Apple", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2018-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 22

The Little Apple

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

Blow, o kind wind,
from below,
blow apples down,
one or two.

Do not taste them
if they’re green,
only red ones,
they are fine.

The green one has
grubs within,
in the red one’s
a young man.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 38