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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Corien Sleeswijk

Veleť, vtáčku

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: DUT DUT ENG

Veleť, vtáčku, veleť 
přes te hore, dole,
Veleť, vtáčku, veleť 
přes ten zábrdovské les,

Ach, kýž je mně možná,
k tomu věc podobná 
s mým synečkem,
s mým synečkem mluvit dnes!

A mně néní možná,
ani věc podobná,
a mně néní možná,
daleko sme vod sebe!

Ty můžeš mět hinó,
já také hiného,
zapomenem na sebe.

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), "Veleť, vtáčku", op. 29b no. 2, B. 60 no. 2 (1876) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Moravské dvojzpevy II. rada, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Veleť, vtáčku", B. 107 no. 4 (1880) [ women's chorus ], from Ženské sbory, no. 4 [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) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.

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

DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "Vlieg, vogeltje, vlieg", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Corien Sleeswijk) , "Vlieg, vogeltje...", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Speed thee, swallow..."
ENG English (Patrick Corness) , "Fly high, birdie", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 56

Vlieg, vogeltje...

Language: Dutch (Nederlands) after the Czech (Čeština)

Vlieg, vogeltje, vlieg 
over bergen en dalen,
vlieg, vogeltje, 
over mijn thuis-woud!

Als het eens mogelijk was,
wat ik vurig wens:
Mijn liefste, 
mijn liefste vandaag te zien.

Wat mijn hart verlangt, 
is mij niet gegeven.
Is mij niet gegeven, ach, 
we zijn zo ver uit elkaar!

Meisjes zal jij vinden,
knapen zal ik vinden.
Niemand, ach, niemand kent de ander meer.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Czech (Čeština) to Dutch (Nederlands) copyright © 2008 by Corien Sleeswijk, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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Based on:

a text in Czech (Čeština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-11
Line count: 15
Word count: 62