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Zelenaj se, zelenaj, zelená trávo v lesi. Jak se já mám zelenať, dy už sem na pokosi? Zelenaj se, zelenaj, zelená trávo v háju! Jak se já mám zelenať, dy mě už dotínajú? Zelenaj se, zelenaj, zelený tulipáne! Jak se já mám zelenať, dy mně už listí vjadne? Dyž ty mčhceš opustiť, můj švarný galáne. Podivaj se, má milá, tam na tu suchú plánku; jesli se rozzelená, budeš mojú galankú. Podivaj sa, má milá, tam na tu suchú plánku; jesli se rozzelená, budeš mojú galankú. Podivaj sa, má milá, tam na tu suchú jedlu; jesli se rozzelená teprem si tebe vezmu. Už sem já se dívala, ja, včera odpoledňa; zatrápená ta jedla, dyž se nic nezelená. Už sem se já dívala včera, ba i dneska; ja, už se tam zeleňá, ve vršku halúzka.
Text Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil [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), "Zelenaj se, zelenaj", op. 32 no. 5, B. 62 no. 5 (1876) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Moravské dvojzpevy III. rada, no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Zelenaj se, zelenaj", B. 107 no. 5 (1880) [ women's chorus ], from Ženské sbory, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Srb-Debrnov (1836 - 1904) [an adaptation] ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Groei, groei", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Show thy verdure..."
- ENG English (Patrick Corness) , "Flourish, green grass", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Kurt Honolka) , "Die Zuversicht", copyright ©
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Carla Bellini) , "La certezza", copyright © 2008, (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: 34
Word count: 133
Resta verde, resta verde, tu verde erba nel bosco! Ah, come potrei restare verde, se presto viene il mietitore? Resta verde, resta verde, erba sulla brughiera verde! Ah, come potrei restar verde, se mi tagliano le falci? Resta verde, resta verde, tulipano più bello di tutti! Ah, come potrei restar verde, se le mie foglie cadono? Se mi vuoi lasciare, tu, mio diletto, guarda lassù, mio tesoro caro, guarda la nuda, arida terra. Quando la terra arida diventa verde, devi sempre tornare a esser mia. Guarda là, mio tesoro caro, guarda là l'abete secco, guarda là, mio tesoro caro, guarda l'abete secco. Quando l'abete torna a esser verde, allora mi prendi per marito. Si, ci ho già guardato, ieri pomeriggio; oh, maledetto abete, che non vuol mai diventare verde. Si, ci ho guardato, oggi e anche ieri; guarda, già si vede del verde là negli alti rami d'abete; si, ci ho guardato, oggi e anche ieri, e già si vede del verde nei rami dell'abete.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Moravian (Moravština) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2008 by Carla Bellini, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil
This text was added to the website: 2008-11-06
Line count: 34
Word count: 165