V té sladké moci očí Tvých
Language: Czech (Čeština)
Our translations: ENG ENG
V té sladké moci očí Tvých
Jak rád bych zahynul,
Kdyby mně k životu jen smích
Rtů krásných nekynul.
Však tu smrť sladkou zvolím hned
S tou láskou ve hrudí:
Když mě jen ten Tvůj smavý ret
K životu probudí.
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Confirmed with Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických od Gustava Pflegera (Moravského), V Praze (Prague) : Nákladem knihkupectvi: I. L. Kober, 1862, page 56. Note: Dvořák's setting uses the spelling "smrt" in stanza 2, line 1, word 3.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "By the sweet power of your eyes", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "I’m in such sweet thrall to your eyes", 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.
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Word count: 40
By the sweet power of your eyes
Language: English  after the Czech (Čeština)
I would gladly, gladly perish
By the sweet power of your eyes,
If your beautiful smile did not
Bring me back to life.
I would always happily choose that sweet death
With this love, this love in my breast:
But only if I knew that your sweet lips
Would wake me from my rest.
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: 8
Word count: 54