I know, with sweet hope | I know, with sweet hope

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by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Translation © by Djordje Nesic, Hannah Sharene Penn

Já vím, že v sladké naději

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Já vím, že v sladké naději
Tě smím přec milovat:
A že chceš tím horoucněji
Mou lásku pěstovať.

A přec, když nazřím očí Tvých
V tu přerozkošnou noc;
A zvím, jak lásky nebe z nich
Na mne snáší moc:

Tu moje oko slzami
Se náhle se obstírá,
Neb v štěstí naše za námi
Zlý osud pozírá!...

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Confirmed with Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických od Gustava Pflegera (Moravského), V Praze (Prague) : Nákladem knihkupectvi: I. L. Kober, 1862, page 60. Note: in stanza 2, line 3, the website antonin-dvorak.cz shows "lásky nebe" as "nebe lásky". The Bärenreiter edition (2003) of Dvořák's setting follows the Pfleger-Moravský edition. In stanza 3, line 2, word 1, the Bärenreiter edition changes "Se" to "Tu".

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 6 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Já vím, že v sladké naději", B. 11 no. 6 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 6 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Já vím, že v sladké naději", op. 83 no. 4, from Písně milostné, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "I know, with sweet hope", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Oh yes, I may love you, I know", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 56

I know, with sweet hope

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

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I know, with sweet hope, 
that I can offer you my love;
That you will cherish 
my love with ardor.

And yet, when I look 
into your eyes on this opulent night,
And see there all the power 
that love brings from the sky,

Suddenly my eyes well up 
with tears of sadness --
Above our happiness, 
cruel fate looms.

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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 6
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This text was added to the website: 2007-03-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 59