Songs

Velet', vtáčku

by Antonín Dvořák From Moravské Drojzpĕvy (Moravian Duets) (1876) Op. 32

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Velet', vtáčku
Czech source: Anon.

Veleť, vtáčku, veleť
přes te hore, dole,
Veleť, vtáčku, veleť
přes ten zábrdovské les,

Ach, kýž je mně možná,
ktomu věc podobná smým synečkem,
smým synečkem mluvit dnes!

A mně néní možná,
ani věc podobná,
a mně néní možná,
daleko sme vod sebe!

Ty můžeš mět hinó,
já také hiného,
zapomenem na sebe.

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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…

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