So often it appears to me

Translation by Josef Štýbr (1864 - 1938)

Tak často mi to připadá

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Tak často mně to připadá,
když přivinu Tě k sobě,
žes k vůli mně zde na světě
a já že k vůli Tobě.

Není to snadné světem jít
a nezabloudit v scestí;
však štěstí v světě největší,
být druhu svému k štěstí.

A má-li král svou korunu,
bůh má-li svoje nebe,
a má-li ptáček jarní háj :
mám já, panenko, Tebe.

Text Authorship:

by Vítězslav Hálek (1835 - 1874), appears in Večerní písně, no. 12 [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 Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Tak často mi to připadá", H. 150 no. 3 (1871), published 1875, from Tři pisně, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Tak často mi to připadá", H. 157 no. 5 (1871), first performed 1875, from Patero zpěvů (Fünf Gesänge), no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Richard Batka (1868 - 1922) ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.

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

ENG English (Josef Štýbr) , first published 1920

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This text was added to the website: 2008-11-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

So often it appears to me

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

So often it appears to me,
As I embrace and love Thee,
That Thou art for me in the world
And I for the sake of Thee.

’Tis difficult through life to pass
Avoiding all deflection;
But to give others happiness
Is greatest satisfaction.

And if the king enjoys his crown
And God has heaven’s Eden
And birds have forest in the spring,
I do have Thee, my maiden.

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Text Authorship:

by Josef Štýbr (1864 - 1938), first published 1920 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) by Vítězslav Hálek (1835 - 1874), appears in Večerní písně, no. 12
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This text was added to the website: 2020-04-19
Line count: 12
Word count: 69