Songs
Když mne stará matka (Songs my mother taught me)
by Antonín Dvořák From Cigánské Melodie (Gypsy Songs) (1880) Op. 55
Text & Translation
Když mne stará matka (Songs my mother taught me)
Czech source:
Adolf Heyduk
podivno, že často, často slzívala.
A ted' také pláčem snědé líce mučim,
když cigánské děti hrát a zpívat učim!
When my old mother
English translation ©
Anon.
Tears would well strangely in her eyes.
Now my brown cheeks are wet with tears,
When I teach the children how to sing and play!
Když mne stará matka (Songs my mother taught me)
Czech source:
Adolf Heyduk
When my old mother
English source:
Anon.
Když mne stará matka zpívat, zpívat učívala,
When my old mother taught me songs to sing,
podivno, že často, často slzívala.
Tears would well strangely in her eyes.
A ted' také pláčem snědé líce mučim,
Now my brown cheeks are wet with tears,
když cigánské děti hrát a zpívat učim!
When I teach the children how to sing and play!
Composer
Antonín Dvořák
Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia. Read his full…
Poet
Performances
Previously performed at:
- 13. The Peasant's Wise Daughter: Caroline Taylor & George Ireland 23 Apr 2023
- 12. The Goose Girl at the Spring: Wonsick Oh & Aron Goldin 23 Apr 2023
- dream.risk.sing: elevating women's voices 29 Apr 2022
- 84. dream.risk.sing 20 Oct 2021