Mowed a Maiden | Mowed a maiden, she mowed the grass

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Patrick John Corness

Žalo dievča, žalo trávu

Language: Slovak (Slovenčina)

Our translations: ENG

Žalo dievča, žalo trávu
neďaleko Temešváru,
keď nažalo, poviazalo,
na šuhajka zavolalo:

"Šuhaj, šuhaj z druhej strany,
poď mi dvíhať batoh trávy!"
Nech ti dvíha otec, máti,
nechce-li ťa za mňa dáti.

Ešte ťa len kolimbali,
už ťa za mňa slubovali:
ešte si len húsky pásla,
už si v mojom srdci riastla.

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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 Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Žalo dievča, žalo trávu", op. 73 no. 2 (1886), published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from V národním tónu = Im Volkston. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.
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ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Mowed a Maiden", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 12
Word count: 52

Mowed a Maiden

Language: English after the Slovak (Slovenčina)

Mowed a maiden, she mowed the grass
at Temeshvar — quite near that place,
when she had done, and bound it all,
she sought her love, gave him a call:

“Come, my love, come over the lea,
come lift this heavy grass for me”
That’s for your parents to do now,
since our wedding they won’t allow.

As still in your cradle you lay,
they promised you’d be mine one day:
as out in the field you fed geese,
I felt my love for you increase.

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a text in Slovak (Slovenčina) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2024-05-29
Line count: 12
Word count: 86