from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912)

Jablko
Language: Moravian (Moravština) 
Sviť měsíčku, vysoko, až já povandruju,
aby milá viděla, keró cestó půdu!
Půduli tó vrchňéší a nebo spodňéší,
bude plakat, nařikat moja némiléší.

Kólelo se, kólelo červené jabličko,
nemohlo se dokólet k mé mile na lůžko.
A když se dokólelo, odpoved' jí dalo:
s Pánem Bohem tu bévé, moja milá panno.

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  • ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Greeting from afar"
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Ernst du Vinage) , "Der Apfel"


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Greeting from afar
Language: English  after the Moravian (Moravština) 
Shed thy silvry beams, bright star, on my pathway yonder,
That my love may, from afar, see wher'e'r I wander:
Tho' yon lofty heights I scale, tho' I linger in the dale,
She will weep and moan, sweet maiden, heart with grief and sorrow laden.

From the bough an apple fell, down the hill came leaping;
Till, at last, it reach'd the dell, where my love lay sleeping.
And it woke the sleeping maid, as in whispers soft, it said:
"Unto God reveal, sweet maiden, thy sad heart with grief and sorrow laden!["]

From the Simrock edition of Dvořák's op. 38.


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This text was added to the website: 2021-10-03
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