And hadst thou made songs | And hadst thou made songs

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by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923)

Translation © by Johann Winkler

A kdybys písní stvořená

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG GER

A kdybys písní stvořená,
tak věčně bych Tě zpíval,
a hvězdou-li,
tak na nebe po celý věk se díval,
a palmou-li kdes v oase,
v tvém stínu chtěl bych sníti,
a kdybys byla chudobkou,
chtěl bych tvou slzou býti.

Text Authorship:

by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923), appears in Spisy: Z pouti na Kavkaz, first published 1902 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "A kdybys písní stvořená ", B. 13 no. 2 (1865) [ baritone and piano ], from Dvě písně pro baryton, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Johann Winkler) , "And hadst thou made songs", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Und hättest Lieder du geschrieben", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 39

And hadst thou made songs

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

And hadst thou made songs,
I'd sing them all for you,
and wert thou a star,
I'd look to heaven all the time,
and wert thou a palm-tree in an oasis,
I'd like to sleep in thy shadow,
and if thou wert a daisy,
I'd like to be your tear.

Translator's note: The last line makes sense if you understand that "daisy" = "day's eye".

Text Authorship:

Translation from Czech (Čeština) to English copyright © 2020 by Johann Winkler, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923), appears in Spisy: Z pouti na Kavkaz, first published 1902
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This text was added to the website: 2020-03-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 50