by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Ó, duše drahá, jedinká
 (Sung text for setting by A. Dvořák)
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Language: Czech (Čeština) 
Our translations:  ENG ENG
Ó, duše drahá, jedinká,
Jež v srdci žiješ dosuď:
Má oblétá Tě myšlenka,
Ač dělí nás zlý osud.

Ó kéž jsem zpěvnou labutí,
Já zaletěl bych k Tobě:
A v posledním bych vzdechnutí
Ti vypěl srdce v mdlobě.

Composition:

    Set to music by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Ó, duše drahá, jedinká", B. 11 no. 4 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 4

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

  • ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "Oh, you, my soul's only dear one", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "O dear soul, the only one true", 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: 38