by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)
Translation © by Malcolm Wren

Na horách ticho a v údolí ticho
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Na horách ticho a v údolí ticho,
Přiroda dříma sladký sen;
A vzduchem táhne tajemné váni,
Ke kmenu v lese šepce kmen.

A lesy šumí v modravou dáli,
Když dechne vání na lupen,
Šumí a šumí dále a dále,
S šuměním táhne tak mnohý sen!

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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 67. Note: in stanza 2, line 3, word 6, the website antonin-dvorak.cz shows "dál" instead of "dále". The Bärenreiter edition (2003) of Dvořák's setting follows the Pfleger-Moravský edition.


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In the hills there is calm and it is quiet in the valley
Language: English  after the Czech (Čeština) 
In the hills there is calm and it is quiet in the valley
nature is asleep, dreaming sweetly
and a mysterious breeze is blowing in the air
as trees whisper to each other in the forest.

And the woods murmur into the blue distance
when the breeze breathes onto the leaves,
they murmur and murmur, further and further,
and with this murmuring so many dreams are spread.

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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
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Word count: 67