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by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Ó byl to krásný, zlatý sen

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Ó byl to krásný, zlatý sen,
Jejž spolu jsme tam snili!
Ach škoda, že tak krátký jen
Byl sen ten přespanilý!

Tak sladká touha v bytosti
Se celé uhostila,
[Až]¹ při loučení žalosti
Se slza dostavila.

A často chodím na horu
A za Tebou se dívám:
Však po dalekém obzoru
Jen žal svůj rozesívám.

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• A. Dvořák • A. Dvořák

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Confirmed with Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických od Gustava Pflegera (Moravského), V Praze (Prague) : Nákladem knihkupectvi: I. L. Kober, 1862, page 59. Note: the website antonin-dvorak.cz shows "rozesílám" as the last word.

¹ Dvořák: "A"

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 5 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Ó byl to krásný, zlatý sen", B. 11 no. 5 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Ó byl to krásný, zlatý sen", op. 2 (Písně = Songs = Lieder) no. 2 (1882) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

O, that was a beautiful dream

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

O, that was a beautiful dream,
that there you and I both dreamed!
Ah, it was so brief, such a shame,
a wonderful dream indeed!

I felt such a lovely yearning;
it gave my whole being joy,
but then the pain of sad parting
drew tears and I had to cry.

I often climb up the mountain,
hoping to see that you’re there,
but far as the distant horizon
I just sow seeds of despair.

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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 5
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 75