by Václav Hanka (1791 - 1861)
Skřívánek
Language: Czech (Čeština)
Pleje děva konopie u panského sada. Pýta sě jej skřivánek, Pro če žalostiva. "Kak bych mohla ráda býti, malitký skřivánče? Otvedechu zmilitka u kamený hrádek! Kdybych pérce iměla, písala bych lístek. Ty, malitký skřivánče, ty by s niem tam letal. Nenie pérce, nenie blanky, bych písala lístek. Pozdravuj drahého péniem, že zdě hořěm nyju."
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Note: from the Rukopis královédvorský, or the Dvůr Králové Manuscript, claimed by Hanka to be a 13th-century manuscript he had discovered but regarded by modern scholars as an elaborate forgery by him.
Authorship:
- by Václav Hanka (1791 - 1861), "Skřívánek", first published 1818 [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), "Skřívánek", op. 7 no. 4, B. 30 no. 4, published 1872, from Písně z rukopisu Královédvorského, no. 4. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Skřívánek", H. 155 no. 1 (1871), published 1873, first performed 1873, from Písně z Rukopisu královédvorského, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-01-25
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Word count: 54