by
Julius Zeyer (1841 - 1901)
Jednání III. Píseń Mahuleny
Language: Czech (Čeština)
Available translation(s): ENG
Mahulena:
… tak jak v té staré písni.
(Mlčí a za chvíli zpívá tiše)
Pod stromem seděla a dlouho čekala.
On nepřicházel, nepřicházel, plakala,
když slzy vyschly, mroucím hlasem děla:
mně teskno tak, jako bych zemřít měla! ...
Ta píseň smutná je. Kdo ji as vymyslil?
Snad vskutku se tak někdy dělo...
Ale tomu dávno asi je. Nač si to myslím?...
To proto snad—že mi tak k smrti teskno...
(Položí si hlavu v klín)
Opona
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Act III. Mahulena’s Song
Language: English  after the Czech (Čeština)
Mahulena:
… in the words of that old song.
(She falls silent, then after a while starts softly singing)
Beneath a tree she did sit, waited hours on end.
But he did not come, he did not come, and she cried.
She complained mournfully, once her tears had dried:
I think I’m about to die, I am so sad!…
This is a sad song. I wonder who wrote it.
Perhaps it really happened one day...
But that must be a long time ago.
Why do I think that?... Because — I’m sad as though about to die.
(She rests her head in her lap)
Curtain
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This text was added to the website: 2023-11-08
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