Good Night | Good night my darling, good night my dear

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Dobrú noc

Language: Slovak (Slovenčina)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER ITA

Dobrú noc, má milá, dobrú noc,
nech ti je Pán Boh sám na pomoc.
Dobrú noc, dobre spi,
nech sa ti snívajú milé sny!

Snívaj sa ti sníčok, ach snivaj,
keď vstaneš, sníčoku veru daj,
že ťa ja milujem,
srdiečko svoje ti darujem.

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 Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Dobrú noc", op. 73 no. 1 (1886), published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from V národním tónu = Im Volkston. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 2 times]
by Christophe Loiseleur des Longchamps (b. 1969), "Dobru noc", 2005, published 2005 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Antonín Dvořák, Anna Müller.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Good Night", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Christophe Loiseleur des Longchamps) , "Bonne nuit", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Buona notte", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: John Versmoren , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 43

Good Night

Language: English after the Slovak (Slovenčina)

Good night my darling, good night my dear,
may God your protector be near.
Good night, my dear, sleep tight,
may you have sweet dreams throughout the night.

Dream a sweet dream, go dream dream anew,
when day breaks, believe your dreams are true,
that I love you, dear one,
that my heart belongs to you alone.

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Based on:

a text in Slovak (Slovenčina) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 57