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by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Mou celou duší zádumně

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG

Mou celou duší zádumně
Bolestné dchnutí táhne,
A když i radosť v srdci vře:
Hned žalů mráz v ně sáhne.

A vše, co drahé, odpadlo 
Tož s mého srdce stromu,
Jen Ty's mi zůstal, národe,
A Tvoje strasti k tomu.

Tvým celým dlouhým životem
Se táhne utrpení,
Ve věčném boji zoufalém
Tvé osudy se mění.

Já k Tobě přilnul. Nad Tebe
Mi dražšího nic není:
Vždyť oba velkou žertvou jsme
Věčného utrpení!...

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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 69. Note: in stanza 2, line 2, the website antonin-dvorak.cz shows "Od" instead of "Tož s"; and in stanza 4, line 4, it shows "ujařmení" instead of "utrpení". The Bärenreiter edition (2003) of Dvořák's setting follows the Pfleger-Moravský edition for these.

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. 15 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Mou celou duší zádumně", B. 11 no. 15 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 15 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "An aching sigh so wistfully", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 72

An aching sigh so wistfully

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

An aching sigh so wistfully
my whole inner soul pervades
that even when my heart feels joy
chilling woe at once invades.

All that’s dear to me is now gone,
fallen from that tree, my heart;
you alone, my homeland, remain,
and your sufferings to boot.

Through all the long years of your life
you never ceased suffering,
you faced eternal hopeless strife,
your fates were always changing.

To you I am deeply attached;
to me nothing is dearer;
we both are great victims of fate,
and suffering for ever!

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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. 15
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 90