Oh, you, my soul's only dear one (Pfleger-Moravský, set by (Antonín Dvořák)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

Translation © by Djordje Nesic, Hannah Sharene Penn

Ó, duše drahá, jedinká

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Available translation(s): ENG

Ó, duše drahá, jedinká,
Jež v srdci žiješ dosud:
Má oblétá tě myšlenka,
Ač nás dělí zlý osud.

Ó, kéž jsem zpěvnou labutí,
Já zaletěl bych k tobě;
A v posledním bych vzdechnutí
Ti vypěl srdce v mdlobě.

Authorship

by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875) [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), "Ó, duše drahá, jedinká", B. 11 no. 4 (1865) [voice and piano], from Cypřiše (Cypresses), no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Ó, duše drahá, jedinká", op. 83 no. 8, from Písně milostné, no. 8. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Djordje Nesic) (Hannah Sharene Penn) , "Oh, you, my soul's only dear one", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 38

Oh, you, my soul's only dear one

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

Oh, you, my soul's only dear one,
Who will live in my heart forever:
My thoughts circle around you,
Even though cruel fate separates us.

Oh, if I were a singing swan,
I would fly to you, and with my last breath,
Sing my heart out to you,
Ah, with my last breath.

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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Gustav Pfleger-Moravský (1833 - 1875)

This text was added to the website: 2007-03-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 53