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by Josef Merhaut (1863 - 1907)

Cestou
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Je mír, je svatvečer, země zlatem vzplála.
Hle, v prachu přede mnou tkví dívčí stopa malá,
Jak vyšla z domova zde města na kraji.
A z dálky, z hluboka a dojímavě dlouze to duní
Ze zvonů jak o ztracené touze, achmury veliké
V mou duši padají.
Jdu tiše za stopou a ona v dál se tratí...
Jen v šeru červánky ty drahé sledy zlatí,
A zvony sténají jak srdce pod tíží.
A mně se zdá, když smutně v kov to buši,
Jak nědko vzdálený kvílel nad mou duší,
Ta stopa nikdy víc že s mou se nesblíží.

Text Authorship:

  • by Josef Merhaut (1863 - 1907) [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 Josef Bohuslav Foerster (1859 - 1951), "Cestou", op. 101 no. 4, from Pohádka o dlouhé touze, no. 4. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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This text was added to the website: 2007-02-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 97

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