Translation Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912)
V dobrým sme se sešli
Language: Moravian (Moravština)
V dobrým sme se sešli, v dobrým se rozejdem, takeli, můj synečku, můj na sebe zapomenem? Já na tě zpomenu, to nejednó v roce, já na tě má panenko, já na tě v každém kroce.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil [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 Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "V dobrým sme se sešli", op. 29b no. 4, B. 60 no. 4 (1876) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Moravské dvojzpevy II. rada, no. 4, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Srb-Debrnov (1836 - 1904) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Ere we part, love, kiss me ..."
- ENG English (Patrick Corness) , "Happily we two met", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Kurt Honolka) , "Scheiden ohne Leiden", copyright ©
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Carla Bellini) , "Separazione senza sofferenza", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 35
Ere we part, love, kiss me ...
Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)
Ere we part, love, kiss me, for we met in gladness: I shall miss thee, thou wilt miss me yet why part in sadness? Once ev'ry year in May, Love, thee must I remember, fondly remember, night and day! with ev'ry step, where e'er I stray.
From a Dvořák score (Simroch 1928)
Note: with the two voices and the varied repetitions it is difficult to give the original translation from the music.
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
Note: with the two voices and the varied repetitions it is difficult to give the original translation from the music.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912), "Ere we part, love, kiss me ..." [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 46