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by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Nad krajem vévodí lehký spánek

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG ENG

Nad krajem vévodí lehký spánek,
Jasná se rozpjala májová noc;
Nesmělý krade se do listí vánek,
S nebes se schýlila míru moc.

Zadřímlo kvítí, potokem šumá
Tišeji nápěvů tajemných sbor...
Příroda v rozkoši blaženě dumá,
Neklidných živlů všad utichl vzpor.

Hvězdy se sešly co naději světla,
Země se mění na nebeský kruh:
Mým srdcem, v němžto kdys blaženosť květla,
Mým srdcem táhne jen bolestí ruch!

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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 71.

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. 17 [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), "Nad krajem vévodí lehký spánek", B. 11 no. 17 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 17 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Nad krajem vévodí lehký spánek", op. 83 no. 5, from Písně milostné, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "Over the landscape ruled by care-free dreams", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "All over the landscape a light sleep reigns", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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All over the landscape a light sleep reigns

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

All over the landscape a light sleep reigns,
a clear May night embracing all around;
among the leaves steals in a gentle breeze,
from heaven forces of peace descend.

The flowers are dozing, the brook murmurs,
mysterious choruses quieten,
nature in its delight blissfully meditates;
all restless elements have calmed down.

The stars are gathering as hope-bearing lights,
the earth becomes a celestial sphere;
in my heart, where bliss was so abundant, once,
in my heart, just endless pain I feel here!

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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. 17
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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-18
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