Translation Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912)
Prsten
Language: Moravian (Moravština)
Hraj, maziko, hraj, z cicha na Dunaj, budem sa ubírat na milého kraj. A vy, formané, širujte koně, a vy, družbové, sedajte, sedajte na ně! Ztracila sem vínek, můj žzlatý prstýnek u mamičky mej. U mej matery v truhle zamčený, červeným jabúčkem s milého srdečkem zapečacený. Hraj, maziko, hraj, z cicha na Dunaj.
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), "Prsten", op. 32 no. 4, B. 62 no. 4 (1876) [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ], from Moravské dvojzpevy III. rada, no. 4, 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 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) , "De ring", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Ringlet and wreathlet"
- ENG English (Patrick Corness) , "The Ring", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Kurt Honolka) , "Der Ring", copyright ©
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
Ringlet and wreathlet
Language: English after the Moravian (Moravština)
Lads and lassies gay, sing a merry lay, gay as merry May, love shall lead the way, by the Danube river. Harness horse and cart, and away then start! Do not wait for me, (sweet lasses,) but at once depart! I have left my wreathlet and my golden ringlet, at my love's behest, in my mother's chest sealed with my love's heart! Haste ye now away, lads and lassies gay, sing your merry lay, gay as merry May, love shall lead the way!
From a Dvořák score (Simroch 1928)
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by John Bernhoff (flourished 1890-1912), "Ringlet and wreathlet" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson
This text was added to the website: 2010-12-14
Line count: 19
Word count: 83