by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

V té sladké moci očí tvých
 (Sung text for setting by A. Dvořák)
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Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
V té sladké moci očí Tvých
Jak rád bych zahynul,
Kdyby mně k životu jen smích
Rtů krásných nekynul.

Však tu smrť sladkou zvolím hned
S tou láskou ve hrudí:
Když mě jen ten Tvůj smavý ret
K životu probudí.

Composition:

    Set to music by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "V té sladké moci očí tvých", B. 11 no. 2 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 2

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "By the sweet power of your eyes", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "I’m in such sweet thrall to your eyes", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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: 8
Word count: 40