Uncertainty | She stood on Danube’s bank

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Nejistota

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG

U Dunaja stála,
napájala páva:
pověz mně, má miłá,
holubičko sivá,
máš-li mňa ráda?
 
A já ti nepovím,
lebo sama nevím;
přindi k nám dnes večér,
až sa mamky zdovím,
teprú ti povím.

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), "Nejistota", >>1889 [ voice and piano ], from Moravská lidová poezie v písních, no. 28 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Patrick John Corness

This text was added to the website: 2007-11-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 33

Uncertainty

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

She stood on Danube’s bank
giving a peacock drink;
tell me, my dearest one,
dearest little grey dove,
do you share my love?

Oh, I cannot tell you,
I cannot tell you true;
come round to us tonight;
when I hear mother’s view,
then I will tell you.

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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: 10
Word count: 48