Outside our window below

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Pod našima oknama

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG

Pod našima oknama 
rozmarýn prokvítá,
chodívá k nám šohajko, 
ode mňa ho pýtá.

Nepýtaj ho ode mňa, 
ode mňa od samej
lež ho pýtaj od otca 
od mamičky mojéj.

Já mám takých rodičů, 
co [ḿa]¹ rádi majú,
prídi k nám, šohajko, 
oni [ḿa]² ti dajú.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• B. Martinů

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Confirmed with Národní písně moravské v nově nasbírané, ve sbirku spořádal a vydal František Bartoš, v Brně (Brno), 1889, page 117.

¹ Martinů: "mia"

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , no title [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 Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928), "Rozmarýn" [ voice and piano ], from Moravská lidová poezie v písních, no. 30 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Bohuslav Martinů (1890 - 1959), "Rozmarýn", H 294 no. 7 (1943) [ voice and piano ], from Písničky na jednu stránku = Songs on one page, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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This text was added to the website: 2016-10-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 47

Outside our window below

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

Outside our window below,
the rosemary’s in bloom;
my lover keeps coming round,
he wants to take it home.

Don’t ask me, my dear, don’t ask,
don’t ask; I cannot say,
it’s my father you must ask,
my dear mother too, pray.

My parents are very kind.
they’re very fond of me;
come round to us, dear lad;
they will surely agree.

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Translation of title "Rozmarýn" = "The Rosemary"

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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 12
Word count: 62