Kol domu se teď potácím
Language: Czech (Čeština)
Our translations: ENG ENG
Kol domu se teď potácím,
Kde's bydlívala dříve,
A z lásky rány krvácím,
Te lásky sladké, lživé!
A smutným okem nazírám,
Zdaž ke mně vedeš kroku:
A vstříc Ti náruč otvírám,
Však slzu cítím v oku!
Ó kde jsi, drahá, kde jsi dnes,
Což nepřijdeš mi vstříce?
Což nemám, v srdci slasť a ples,
Tě uzříť nikdy více?
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických od Gustava Pflegera (Moravského), V Praze (Prague) : Nákladem knihkupectvi: I. L. Kober, 1862, page 63. Note: the website antonin-dvorak.cz leaves out the word "Te" in stanza 1, line 4.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "I linger by the house of my beloved", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Now I’m staggering past the house", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 58
I linger by the house of my beloved
Language: English  after the Czech (Čeština)
I linger by the house of my beloved,
The house where love once lived.
I still bleed from love's wounds,
Those sweet wounds, from loving you in vain.
With veiled eyes I feel your footsteps
coming towards me!
I open my arms to embrace you,
But only feel tears in my eyes.
Oh, where are you, my dear, where,
That you do not come to my embrace?
Will I never again feel in my heart,
The happiness of holding you?
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Czech (Čeština) to English copyright © 2006 by Djordje Nesic and Hannah Sharene Penn, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2007-03-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 80