Happily we two met | Happily we two met

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

V dobrým sme se sešli

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG ITA

V dobrým sme se sešli,
v dobrým se rozejdem,
takeli, můj synečku, můj
na sebe zapomenem?
Já na tě zpomenu,
to nejednó v roce,
já na tě má panenko,
já na tě v každém kroce.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil [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), "V dobrým sme se sešli", op. 29b no. 4, B. 60 no. 4 (1876) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Moravské dvojzpevy II. rada, no. 4, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Srb-Debrnov (1836 - 1904) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.

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

ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Ere we part, love, kiss me ..."
ENG English (Patrick Corness) , "Happily we two met", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Kurt Honolka) , "Scheiden ohne Leiden", copyright ©
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Carla Bellini) , "Separazione senza sofferenza", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 35

Happily we two met

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

Happily we two met, 
apart we won’t be sad, 
so will we forget, my dear lad, 
the love, the love that we had? 
I’ll be thinking of you, 
so many times a year, 
I’ll think of you, my dear girl, 
every, every step I take.

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Based on:

a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil
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This text was added to the website: 2023-06-27
Line count: 8
Word count: 45