by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Josef Václav Sládek (1845 - 1912)

Had I a cave
Language: English 
Available translation(s): FRE
[Had]1 I a cave
On some wild distant shore,
Where the winds howl
To the wave's dashing roar,
There would I weep my woes,
There seek my lost repose.
Till grief my eyes should close,
Ne'er to wake more!

Falsest of womankind,
Can'st thou declare
All thy fond, plighted vows
Fleeting as air?
To thy new lover hie.
Laugh o'er thy perjury,
Then in thy bosom try
What peace is there!

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Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 280.

1 Haydn : "Oh had"

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Kdybych měl jeskyni
Language: Czech (Čeština)  after the English 
Kdybych měl jeskyni za mořem kdes,
kde vlny divoce zabouří v tes,
      v bouři by vyznělo
      vše, co kdy bolelo,
      až by se na čelo
      mír věčný snes'.

Ty, ženo, na jejíž líci byl klam,
jejížto přísahy byly jen mam,
      jinému oddej se,
      přísahám vysměj se,
      prsou svých zeptej se,
      mír-li je tam.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-08-12
Line count: 12
Word count: 53