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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Veleť, vtáčku
 (Sung text for setting by A. Dvořák)
 Matches base text
Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  DUT DUT ENG
Veleť, vtáčku, veleť 
přes te hore, dole,
Veleť, vtáčku, veleť 
přes ten zábrdovské les,

Ach, kýž je mně možná,
k tomu věc podobná 
s mým synečkem,
s mým synečkem mluvit dnes!

A mně néní možná,
ani věc podobná,
a mně néní možná,
daleko sme vod sebe!

Ty můžeš mět hinó,
já také hiného,
zapomenem na sebe.

Composition:

    Set to music by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Veleť, vtáčku", B. 107 no. 4 (1880) [ women's chorus ], from Ženské sbory, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil

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

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Vlieg, vogeltje, vlieg", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Corien Sleeswijk) , "Vlieg, vogeltje...", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Speed thee, swallow..."
  • ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Fly high, birdie", copyright © 2023, (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: 15
Word count: 56

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