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Mé srdce často v neštěstí Se teskně zadumá: „Ó že ta láska bolestí A tolik trnů má? Ta láska přejde jako sen, Tak krásná, spanilá A za kratinko upne jen Se na ní mohyla! A na mohylu kámen dán, Nad nímž tam lípa bdí; A na kameni nápis psán: Zde srdce puklé spí!...”
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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 65. Note: in the first stanza, the website antonin-dvorak.cz shows "bolesti" instead of "neštěstí" on the first line, "trnů" instead of "bolestí" on the third line, and "bolestí tolik" instead of "tolik trnů" on the fourth line; and in the fourth stanza's final line it shows "Zde puklé srdce" instead of "Zde srdce puklé". The Bärenreiter edition of Dvořák's setting (2013) follows the Pfleger-Moravský edition for all of these.
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. 11 [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), "Mé srdce často v bolesti", B. 11 no. 11 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 11 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Mé srdce často v bolesti", op. 2 (Písně = Songs = Lieder) no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "My heart is often in pain", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "My heart full of sadness often", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Patrick John Corness
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
My heart is often in pain feeling depressed, Oh, love involves so many thorns and agonies. Love passes like a dream, so lovely and graceful, but in a moment all that is left of it is a grave. And a stone is placed on the grave, over which a linden tree keeps watch and there is an inscription on the stone: "Here rests a heart that has withered, Here rests a broken heart."
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Czech (Čeština) to English copyright © 2007 by Malcolm Wren, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- 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. 11
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 13
Word count: 73