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Ó, duše drahá, jedinká, 'Oh dear, matchless soul'

by Antonín Dvořák From Písně Milostné (Love Songs) (1888) Op. 83 xii. 1888

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Ó, duše drahá, jedinká, 'Oh dear, matchless soul'
Czech source: Gustav Pfleger-Moravský

Ó, duše drahá, jedinká,
Jež v srdci žiješ dosud:
Má oblétá tě myšlenka,
Ač nás dělí zlý osud.

Ó, kéž jsem zpěvnou labutí,
Já zaletěl bych k tobě;
A v posledním bych vzdechnutí
Ti vypěl srdce v mdlobě.

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…

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