Zůstaň, hochu | Zůstaň, hochu, — můžeš jíti

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation by Josef Václav Sládek (1845 - 1912)

Stay my charmer

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Stay my charmer, can you leave me? 
Cruel, cruel to deceive me; 
Well you know how much you grieve me; 
Cruel charmer, can you go! 
Cruel charmer, can you go! 

By my love so ill-requited, 
By the faith you fondly plighted, 
By the pangs of lovers slighted, 
Do not, do not liave me so! 
Do not, do not leave me so!

Tune: An gille dubh ciar-dhubh.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Stay my charmer", written 1788 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888) , "Bleib’ mein Trauter!" ; composed by Siegmund von Hausegger.

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CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Zůstaň, hochu"

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Zůstaň, hochu

Language: Czech (Čeština) after the Scottish (Scots)

Zůstaň, hochu, — můžeš jíti,
krutě tak mne opustiti?
víš ty přec, žes byl mé žití, —
   krutý hochu, můžeš jít,
   krutý hochu, můžeš jít?

Pro tu lásku pohozenou,
pro tu věrnost zapomněnou,
pro tu duši rozbolenou
   zůstaň, nenech tak mne být,
   zůstaň, nenech tak mne být.

Confirmed with BURNS, Robert. Výbor z písní a ballad, translated by Josef Václav Sládek, Praha: J. Otto, 1892.

Text Authorship:

by Josef Václav Sládek (1845 - 1912), "Zůstaň, hochu" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Stay my charmer", written 1788
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This text was added to the website: 2019-08-11
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Word count: 47