Ah, there’s nothing | Ah, there is nothing here

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Ach, není tu

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG

Ach, není, není tu, 
co by mě těšilo,
ach, není tu, není, 
co mě těší.

Co mě těšívalo, 
vodou uplynulo,
ach, není tu, není, 
co mě těší!

Vždycky mně dávají, 
co se mně nelíbí,
vždycky mně dávají, 
co já nechci.

Dávají mně vdovce, 
ten má jen půl srdce,
ach, není tu, není, 
co mě těší.

Ach, není, není tu, 
co by mě těšilo,
ach, není, není tu, 
co mě těší!

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), "Ach, není tu", op. 73 no. 3 (1886), published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from V národním tónu = Im Volkston. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 3, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler (1830 - 1913) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák, Jan Ludevít Procházka.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Ah, there’s nothing", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 70

Ah, there’s nothing

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

Ah, there is nothing here,
nothing I could enjoy,
ah, no, nothing at all
I could enjoy.

What I used to enjoy
has all been washed away,
ah, there’s nothing at all
I could enjoy.

They always give me things
that I don’t like at all,
they always give me things
that I don’t want.

I get a widower
who’s still doting on her,
ah, there’s nothing at all
I could enjoy.

Ah, there is nothing here,
nothing I could enjoy,
ah no, nothing at all,
I could enjoy.

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Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-29
Line count: 20
Word count: 89