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V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest Jak v temné pustině; V něm na žalosť a na bolesť, Ba místa jedině. Tu klami lásky horoucí V to srdce vstupuje, A srdce žalem prahnoucí, To mní, že miluje. A v tomto sladkém domnění Se ještě jednou v ráj To srdce mrtvé promění A zpívá starou báj!
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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 57. Note: the Bärenreiter edition of Dvořák's setting (2013) uses the spelling "žalost" and "bolest" (stanza 1, line 3). The website antonin-dvorak.cz uses the spelling "klamy" (stanza 2, line 1).
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. 3 [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), "V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest", B. 11 no. 3 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest", op. 83 no. 2, from Písně milostné, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "In many a heart death dwells", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "So many hearts are all lifeless", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Monessakin sydämessä asuu kuolema", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 54
Monessakin sydämessä asuu kuolema, kuin synkässä erämaassa, sellaisessa sydämessä on tilaa vain surulle ja sairaudelle. Silloin kun hehkuva rakkaus tunkeutuu sydämeen petollisin aikein, surullinen sydän kärsii ja luulee sitä rakkaudeksi. Sen suloisen kuvitelman vallassa tuntuu kuin olisi paratiisissa; kuollut sydän herää elämään ja laulaa vanhaa laulua!
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- Translation from Czech (Čeština) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2011 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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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. 3
This text was added to the website: 2011-11-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 46