by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923)
Translation
Language: Czech (Čeština) after the 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.
Composition:
- Set to music by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), no title, op. 55 no. 7, B. 104 no. 7 (1880), from Cigánské melodie, no. 7, also set in German (Deutsch)
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It is based on
- a text in Czech (Čeština) by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923), no title, appears in Cigánské melodie, no. 19, first published 1859
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Gayle Royko Heuser) (Anna Majtas Royko) , "Given a cage of gold", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Marc Moreau) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Maria Rita De Matteis) , "Potendo il falco volare intorno alle cime dei monti Tatra", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-16
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