Text & Translation
Leze krtek
Czech source:
Traditional
vymeruje louku.
Sysel za ním pytle veze,
ze bude mlít mouku.
Mole and Hamster
English translation ©
Anon.
Measuring out his acres.
In a barrow
Hamster's wheeling flour to the baker's.
Leze krtek
Czech source:
Traditional
Mole and Hamster
English source:
Anon.
Leze krtek podle meze,
Mister Mole creeps with a ruler,
vymeruje louku.
Measuring out his acres.
Sysel za ním pytle veze,
In a barrow
ze bude mlít mouku.
Hamster's wheeling flour to the baker's.
Composer
Leoš Janáček
Leoš Janáček was a Czech composer, musical theorist, folklorist, publicist and teacher. He was inspired by Moravian and other Slavic folk music to create an original, modern musical style.
Poet
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