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Zigeunermelodien

Song Cycle by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904)

View original-language texts alone: Cigánské melodie

1.
 (Sung text)
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Má píseň zas mi láskou zní,
když starý den umirá,
a chudý mech kdy na šat svůj
si tajně perle sbíra.

Má píseň v kraj tak toužně zní,
když svetem noha bloudí;
jen rodné pusty dálinou
zpěv volně z ňader proudí.

Má píseň hlučně láskou zní,
když bouře běží plání;
když těším se, že bídy prost
dlí bratr v umírání.

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1.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Mein Lied klingt immer mit voller Liebe
wenn der alte Tag stirb,
wenn der alte Moos in seine Kleidung
heimlich Tauperlen sammelt.
 
Mein Lied klingt um herum so sehnsuchtsvoll;
Wenn ich durch die Welt zu Fuß  wandere,
wenn hinter mir der Heimatort ist,
strömt mein Gesang frei vom meinem Brust.
 
Mein Lied klingt laut von Liebe
Wenn der Sturm tobt durch die Flachland;
Wenn ich mich freue von Armut befreit zu sein,
Wenn mein Bruder in sterben liegt.

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  • Translation from Czech (Čeština) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes, (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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2.
 (Sung text)
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Aj! Kterak trojhranec můj přerozkošně zvoní,
jak cigána píseň, když se k smrti kloní!
Když se k smrti kloní, trojhran mu vyzvání.
Konec písni, tanci, lásce, bědování.
Konec písni, tanci, lásce, bědování.

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3.
 (Sung text)
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
A les je tichý kolem kol,
jen srdce mír ten ruší,
a černý kouř, jenž spěchá v dol,
mé slze v lících, mé slze suší.

Však nemusí jich usušit,
necht' v jiné tváře bije.
Kdo v smutku může zazpívat,
ten nezhynul, ten žije, ten žije!

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3.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Der Wald ist schweigsam um herum,
Nur das Herz bricht diesen Frieden,
der schwarze Rauch sinkt tiefer stets,
die Träne trocknend meiner Wange.

Doch nicht meine Träne soll er trocknen,
sollst anders wohin wehen!
Wer auch in der Trauer noch  singen kann,
der stirbt nicht - er lebt, er lebt!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Czech (Čeština) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes, (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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Word count: 49

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4.
 (Sung text)
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala,
podivno, že často, často slzívala.
A ted' také pláčem snědé líce mučim,
když cigánské děti hrát a zpívat učim!

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4.
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5.
 (Sung text)
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Struna naladěna,
hochu, toč se v kole,
dnes, snad dnes převysoko,
zejtra, zejtra, zejtra zase dole!

Pozejtří u Nilu 
za posvátným stolem;
struna již, struna naladěna,
hochu, toč, hochu, toč se kolem!

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5.
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Reingestimmt die Saiten! 
Bursche tanz' im Kreise!
Heute froh, überfroh noch heute,
morgen trüb' nach alter Weise!

Nächsten Tag am Nilstrand,
der den Vätern heilig,
reingestimmt, reingestimmt die Saiten,
in den Tanz, in den Tanz spring eilig!

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Czech (Čeština) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes, (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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Line count: 8
Word count: 37

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6.
 (Sung text)
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Široké rukávy a široké gatě
volnější cigánu nežli dolman v zlatě.
Dolman a to zlato bujná prsa svírá;
pod ním volná píseň násilně umírá.
A kdo raduješ se, tvá kdy píseň v květě,
přej si, aby zašlo zlato v celém světě!

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6.
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7.
 (Sung text)
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Dejte klec jestřábu ze zlata ryzého;
nezmění on za ni hnízda trněného.
Komoni bujnému, jenž se pustou žene,
zřídka kdy připnete uzdy a třemene.
A tak i cigánu příroda cos dala:
k volnosti ho věčným poutem, k volnosti ho upoutala.

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7.
[Translation not yet available]
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