I linger by the house of my beloved | I linger by the house of my beloved

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by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Translation © by Djordje Nesic, Hannah Sharene Penn

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.

Text Authorship:

by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 9 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Kol domu se teď potácím", B. 11 no. 9 (1865) [ voice and piano ], from Cypřiše, no. 9 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Kol domu se teď potácím", op. 83 no. 3, from Písně milostné, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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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Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875), no title, appears in Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických, in 1. Dozvuky lyrické, in 2. Písně, no. 9
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This text was added to the website: 2007-03-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 80