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Submissions by Corness, Patrick John ( 159 items: 40 texts and 119 translations )

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Translations of entire song cycles (alphabetic order):

Cypřiše: Cypresses
Kytice z ceských narodnich písní: Bouquet of Czech Folk Songs
Moravská lidová poezie v písních: Moravian Folk Poetry in Songs
Moravské dvojzpevy II. rada: Moravian Duets, 2nd series
Moravské dvojzpevy III. rada: Moravian Duets, 3rd series
Písně milostné: Love Songs
Radúz a Mahulena: Radúz and Mahulena
Rusalka: Lyrická pohádka o třech dějstvích: Rusalka, a lyrical fairy tale in three acts
Sborove pisne pro muzske hlasy: Choral songs for male voices
V národním tónu = Im Volkston. Vier Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung: In Folk Tone

Texts and Translations

Good night my darling, good night my dear; title: "Good Night" [translation]
Mowed a maiden, she mowed the grass; title: "Mowed a Maiden" [translation]
Ah, there is nothing here; title: "Ah, there’s nothing" [translation]
Hey, I have a fine steed that gives me a splendid ride; title: "Hey, I have a fine steed" [translation]
O dear love, dear love, you’re not for ever; title: "O My Love" [translation]
Dear maiden, you’re so fair; title: "Magic" [translation]
While I’m singing my song; title: "She Loves To Sing" [translation]
I thought, I thought I saw; title: "My Lover Radiant" [translation]
Down to the grove went a maiden; title: "My Lover’s Portrait" [translation]
Please lend us your sharp little axe; title: "Our Pretty Little Garden" [translation]
She wandered in the field; title: "Magic Flowers of Love" [translation]
Dear flower of the field; title: "Flower of the Field" [translation]
I will pluck in that grove; title: "The Corncockle" [translation]
Your house has a tiny garden, the gate is locked; title: "The Carnation" [translation]
In my garden I wandered; title: "My Dear Apple Tree" [translation]
Blow, o kind wind; title: "The Little Apple" [translation]
By our window there lies a level field so fine; title: "A Lovely Red Apple" [translation]
When I climbed over the hills; title: "The Hazelnut" [translation]
Along by our home town; title: "Fidelity" [translation]
Green were the seeds I sowed; title: "Constancy" [translation]
A young maiden sat; title: "Whose Flower" [translation]
If only I could know; title: "My Dear One’s Horses" [translation]
Below our window there stands my lover; title: "A Garland" [translation]
Hey, Janek, dear Janek; title: "Longing" [translation]
My poor heart is burdened; title: "A Burden" [translation]
Here is the narrow pathway; title: "Memories" [translation]
Fly, grey falcon, fly away; title: "A Message" [translation]
When I came, my dearest was still asleep; title: "The Sweet Awakening" [translation]
My dearest darling girl always promised; title: "The Promise" [translation]
Yesterday I was told; title: "The Steward’s Daughter" [translation]
She stood on Danube’s bank; title: "Uncertainty" [translation]
If I became a bird; title: "A Brief Message" [translation]
Outside our window below [translation]
Hey, what kind of huntsman went hunting in the field; title: "A Good Catch" [translation]
A young man walks along the street; title: "The Cuckoo" [translation]
Tell me now, my dear lad; title: "Maligned" [translation]
Behind our barn, our barn; title: "The Orphan" [translation]
Hey whinney, whinney; title: "Longing" [translation]
My voice is now so frail; title: "Once Upon a Time and Now" [translation]
That little bench of ours; title: "The Bench" [translation]
Listen, listen, listen; title: "Parting" [translation]
Oh Lord God in Heaven; title: "A Lonesome Man" [translation]
Without a single star, what kind of sky is that?; title: "What Kind of Sky is That?" [translation]
Some like to keep smiling; title: "Tears of Comfort" [translation]
Why, guelder rose, don’t you ripen; title: "Guelder Rose" [translation]
Ach dyž sem já šéł od svéj milenky; title: "Loučení s milou"
Ah, as I parted from my darling girl; title: "Parting From My Love" [translation]
Near the Danube by Pressburg town; title: "Fate" [translation]
O Kolín, o Kolín; title: "Kolín" [translation]
Belegrad, Belegrad; title: "Belegrad" [translation]
On the soft green grass, soft green grass; title: "An Aching Head" [translation]
One bird complained, one bird to another complained; title: "Good Advice" [translation]
M - m - m - m the mosquitos got married; title: "The Mosquitos’ Wedding" [translation]
Music makers, what’s up today; title: "Music Makers" [translation]
Johnny’s standing beside the brook, hey, hey, hey!; title: "Lover Murderer" [translation]
When we went a-raiding; title: "A Brigand’s Funeral" [translation]
A mother once gave away her daughter; title: "Married Far Away" [translation]
A water nymph swimming in the blue river [translation]
By a lake deep in the forest once; title: "The Water Nymph" [translation]
Over the river a silvery mist creeps; title: "The Water Nymph" [translation]
If you can, understand me. If you will, take me; title: "The Water Nymph" [translation]
Hou, hou, hou; title: "První dějství"
Hey, hey, ho, –; title: "Act One" [translation]
Jářku, jařku, klouče milé; title: "Druhé dějství"
Well now, my lad, what’s this you say?; title: "Act Two" [translation]
Necitelná vodní moci; title: "Třetí dějství"
Heartless watery power; title: "Act Three" [translation]
Mé srdce krvavý je květ; title: "Mé srdce krvavý je květ"
My heart is a bleeding flower; title: "My heart is a bleeding flower" [translation]
…Hle! Radúz! Bloudí zahradou; title: "Melodram"
…Look! Radúz! He’s wandering in the garden; title: "Melodrama" [translation]
Jak podivně se zachvěl nyní strom; title: "Melodram"
How strangely the tree just trembled; title: "Melodrama" [translation]
A uvrhli mě, krutě do věže, tam byla tma; title: "Melodram"
And they cast me cruelly into a tower; it was dark in there; title: "Melodrama" [translation]
Ach! …/; title: "Melodram"
Ah!/; title: "Melodrama" [translation]
Jsem pohádka. Kdo za mnou půjde, povedu jej; title: "Jednání I. Prolog"
I am a fairy tale. If you come with me, I will lead you; title: "Act I. Prologue" [translation]
There were three sisters, devoted sisters true; title: "Vratko's Song" [translation]
Hoja lalja hoja!; title: "Hra na labutě a pávy"
Ho-ya lal-ya ho-ya!; title: "Game of swans and peacocks" [translation]
Radúz (Přibinovi):; title: "Melodram"
Radúz: (to Pribina):; title: "Melodrama" [translation]
…Zpívávala jsem, tak se mi zdá; title: "Jednání II. Píseń Mahuleny"
…I used to sing often, I think; title: "Act II. Mahulena’s Song" [translation]
… tak jak v té staré písni; title: "Jednání III. Píseń Mahuleny"
… in the words of that old song; title: "Act III. Mahulena’s Song" [translation]
Ó, Radúze, teď ani slova víc!; title: "Smuteční hudba"
O Radúz, now don’t say another word!; title: "Solemn Music" [translation]
My dear Radúz; title: "Melodrama" [translation]
Teď ale v hlavě dělá se mi divná mha; title: "Melodram"
But now I feel a strange mist in my head; title: "Melodrama" [translation]
Ó, mladosti, jsi jako zlatý pták; title: "Jednání IV. Ó, mladosti, jsi jako zlatý pták"
O my youth, you are like a golden bird; title: "Act IV. O my youth, you are like a golden bird" [translation]
Tři byly sestry, co se rády měly; title: "Vrátkův popěvek"
Oh yes, I may love you, I know; title: "Oh yes, I may love you, I know" [translation]
O my wonderful, golden rose; title: "O my wonderful, golden rose" [translation]
The happiness that was our wish; title: "The happiness that was our wish" [translation]
Now I’m staggering past the house; title: "Now I’m staggering past the house" [translation]
I am often wracked by my doubt; title: "I am often wracked by my doubt" [translation]
My heart full of sadness often; title: "My heart full of sadness often" [translation]
Here I peruse your dear letter; title: "Here I peruse your dear letter" [translation]
Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys; title: "Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys" [translation]
By a brook in the forest; title: "By a brook in the forest" [translation]
An aching sigh so wistfully; title: "An aching sigh so wistfully" [translation]
There stands that rock face of old; title: "There stands that rock face of old" [translation]
All over the landscape a light sleep reigns; title: "All over the landscape a light sleep reigns" [translation]
Why are my songs, you must wonder; title: "Why are my songs, you must wonder" [translation]
O heartfelt songs, pray sing; title: "O heartfelt songs, pray sing" [translation]
I’m in such sweet thrall to your eyes; title: "I’m in such sweet thrall to your eyes" [translation]
So many hearts are all lifeless; title: "So many hearts are all lifeless" [translation]
O dear soul, the only one true; title: "O dear soul, the only one true" [translation]
O, that was a beautiful dream; title: "O, that was a beautiful dream" [translation]
Over all the hill tops [translation]
I cannot tell you the reason why [translation]
Hey down the Blue Danube; title: "I will float away from you" [translation]
Fly high, birdie, fly high; title: "Fly high, birdie" [translation]
If only my scythe were sharpened and keen; title: "If only my scythe were sharpened" [translation]
Happily we two met; title: "Happily we two met" [translation]
That Nightingale Lea, just a small field; title: "That Nightingale Lea" [translation]
A dove flew to a field of hay; title: "The dove on the maple tree" [translation]
Along by yonder grove a tiny brooklet flows; title: "Tears by the Brook " [translation]
My dearest love, lovely; title: "A Modest Girl" [translation]
Play, musicians, play; title: "The Ring" [translation]
Flourish, green grass in sylvan; title: "Flourish, green grass" [translation]
Mowing away, mowing the grass; title: "The Captive Girl" [translation]
O woodland grove so green, who’ll keep you safe and sound? [translation]
Down in a lush green dell; title: "The Wild Rose" [translation]
The shepherd wore a fine green hat; title: "The Shepherd Beguiled" [translation]
When you set off from here; title: "The Lover’s Resolve" [translation]
Why grow by a brook, guelder rose?; title: "The Guelder Rose" [translation]
Nothing possessing, such a blessing; title: "A Czech Diogenes" [translation]
Girls went strawberrying one day; title: "The Ferryman" [translation]
The church bells are ringing; title: "The Lover-Poisoner" [translation]
I am a fiddler, poor as poor; title: "The Fiddler" [translation]
Oh where lies my dear native land?; title: "The Song of a Czech" [translation]
Stójí Jano při potoce, eja hoj!; title: "Milenec vrah"
Šla děvečka do haječka; title: "Obrázek milého"
Zelené sem seła; title: "Stálosť"
Sedělo děvča; title: "Komu kytka"
Dybych já věděła; title: "Koníčky milého"
Stóji šohaj pod naším okénkem; title: "Pérečko"
Chodiła po roli; title: "Kvítí milodějné"
Těžko je mi, těžko; title: "Tíha"
U Dunaja stála; title: "Nejistota"
Aj zerzaj, zerzaj; title: "Stesk"
U Dunaja u Prešpurka; title: "Osud"
Belegrad, Belegrad; title: "Belegrad"
Vy vroucí písně spějte; title: "Vy vroucí písně spějte"
V té sladké moci očí Tvých
Ó, duše drahá, jedinká
Ó byl to krásný, zlatý sen
Já vím, že v sladké naději
Ó zlatá růže, spanilá
Kol domu se teď potácím
Mé srdce často v neštěstí
Ty se ptáš, proč moje zpěvy
Hájičku zelený, kdo ťa hájit bude?