Text & Translation
Tíha 'Burden'
French source:
Anon.
na mojim srdečku,
jak by mi hozvazał
hedbavnu šňurečku.
Hedbavnu šňurečku
tu rozvazať možu,
na tebe, synečku,
zapoměť nemožu.
Burden
English translation ©
Oxford Song
deep within my breast,
as though it had been bound
with a silken cord.
That silken cord
I could untie,
but you, my dear boy,
I can never forget.
Tíha 'Burden'
French source:
Anon.
Burden
English source:
Oxford Song
Těžko je mi, těžko
Heavy is my heart, so heavy,
na mojim srdečku,
deep within my breast,
jak by mi hozvazał
as though it had been bound
hedbavnu šňurečku.
with a silken cord.
Hedbavnu šňurečku
tu rozvazať možu,
na tebe, synečku,
zapoměť nemožu.
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.
