Once Upon a Time and Now | My voice is now so frail

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Jindy a nyní

Language: Moravian (Moravština)

Our translations: ENG

Hrdelenko moje
ej jako tá hrkávka,
nemože dovołat
svéj vůle šohajka.

Prvéj dovołało,
ej co len zazpívało,
a včiléj nemože,
co by zapłakało.

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), "Jindy a nyní" [ voice and piano ], from Moravská lidová poezie v písních, no. 36 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Once Upon a Time and Now", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2020-07-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 23

Once Upon a Time and Now

Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)

My voice is now so frail
it sounds just like a rattle,
and cannot bring my love
to me just when I will.   

It used to bring him here
when it sang before so shrill,
but now it can no more,
however it may wail.

Text Authorship:

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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: 8
Word count: 45