The string is taut! | The string is taut -- young man turn, spin, twirl!

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Translation © by Gayle Royko Heuser, Anna Majtas Royko

Struna naladěna

Language: Czech (Čeština) after the Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER ITA

Struna naladěna,
hochu, toč se v kole,
dnes, snad dnes převysoko,
zejtra, zejtra, zejtra zase dole!

Pozejtří u Nilu 
za posvátným stolem;
struna již, struna naladěna,
hochu, toč, hochu, toč se kolem!

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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923), no title, appears in Cigánské melodie, no. 6, first published 1859
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Karel Bendl (1838 - 1897), "Struna naladěna", from Cigánské melodie, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Struna naladěna", op. 55 no. 5, B. 104 no. 5 (1880), from Cigánské melodie, no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923) , no title ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.

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

ENG English (Gayle Royko Heuser) (Anna Majtas Royko) , "The string is taut!", copyright © 2004, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Marc Moreau) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Elaine Marie Ortiz-Arandes) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Maria Rita De Matteis) , "Le corde (sono) accordate, ragazzo; balla in tondo!", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 32

The string is taut!

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

The string is taut -- young man turn, spin, twirl!
Today reach the heights, tomorrow down again and
after tomorrow, at the Holy Table of the Nile.
The taut string is stretched -- turn young man -- turn and twirl!

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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Not Applicable [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) by Adolf Heyduk (1835 - 1923), no title, appears in Cigánské melodie, no. 6, first published 1859
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This text was added to the website: 2004-03-22
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Word count: 37