Lavečka
Language: Moravian (Moravština)
Ta naša lavečka,
aj už sa polámala,
co sem se synečkem,
aj na ni sedávala.
Byla to lavečka,
aj z dřeva olšového,
byl ten můj syneček
srdenka falešného.
Ta naša lavečka,
na dvě sa rozdělila,
že naše srdenka
obě dvě rozlůčila.
Ty naša lavečko,
aj zrůstni sa mi ešče,
starodávný galán,
aj navrat' sa mi ešče!
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- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "The Bench", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2018-01-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 56
The Bench
Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)
That little bench of ours
is broken now, I’m afraid,
that I used to sit on
so many times with my lad.
That bench, well it was made,
out of good old alder wood,
as for that lad of mine,
o, an untrue heart he had.
That little bench of ours
in twain alas is now split
because it drove our hearts,
the both of them, far apart.
O little bench of ours,
o do mend yourself again,
o my lover of old,
o come back to me again!
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- Translation from Moravian (Moravština) to English copyright © 2024 by Patrick John Corness, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 89
