Songs
V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest, 'So many a heart is as though dead'
by Antonín Dvořák From Písně Milostné (Love Songs) (1888) Op. 83 xii. 1888
Text & Translation
V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest, 'So many a heart is as though dead'
Czech source:
Gustav Pfleger-Moravský
jak v temné pustině,
v něm na žalost a na bolest,
ba, místa jedině.
Tu klamy lásky horoucí
v to srdce vstupuje,
a srdce žalem prahnoucí,
to mní, že miluje.
A v tomto sladkém domnění
se ještě jednou v ráj
to srdce mrtvé promění
a zpívá, zpívá, starou báj!
So many a heart is as though dead
English translation ©
David Beveridge
as in a dark wasteland;
yea, only for grief and for pain
does it have room.
Then delusions of burning love
enter into that heart,
and the heart, yearning in misery,
believes that it loves.
And in this sweet belief
the dead heart once again
transforms itself into a paradise
and sings the old tale!
V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest, 'So many a heart is as though dead'
Czech source:
Gustav Pfleger-Moravský
So many a heart is as though dead
English source:
David Beveridge
V tak mnohém srdci mrtvo jest,
So many a heart is as though dead,
jak v temné pustině,
as in a dark wasteland;
v něm na žalost a na bolest,
yea, only for grief and for pain
ba, místa jedině.
does it have room.
Tu klamy lásky horoucí
Then delusions of burning love
v to srdce vstupuje,
enter into that heart,
a srdce žalem prahnoucí,
and the heart, yearning in misery,
to mní, že miluje.
believes that it loves.
A v tomto sladkém domnění
And in this sweet belief
se ještě jednou v ráj
the dead heart once again
to srdce mrtvé promění
transforms itself into a paradise
a zpívá, zpívá, starou báj!
and sings the old tale!
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…
