The Sweet Awakening | When I came, my dearest was still asleep

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Budícek

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG

Keď sem přišéł, miłá ešče spála,
budíł sem ju, aby hore stała,
budíł sem ju na obě dvě líčka:
stávaj hore, sivá hołubička!

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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 Leoš Janáček (1854 - 1928), "Budícek", >>1889 [ voice and piano ], from Moravská lidová poezie v písních, no. 24 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "The Sweet Awakening", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-13
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

The Sweet Awakening

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

When I came, my dearest was still asleep,
I woke her, said it was time to get up
I kissed her soft cheeks and I woke her up;
Beloved grey dove, it’s time to get up!

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Based on:

a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-02-06
Line count: 4
Word count: 36