by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest
 (Sung text for setting by A. Dvořák)
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Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG FIN
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!

Composition:

    Set to music by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest", B. 11 no. 3 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 3

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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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 54