by Václav Hanka (1791 - 1861)
Róže
Language: Czech (Čeština)
Ach, ty róže, krásná róže, [čemu si raně]1 rozkvetla, rozkvétavši pomrzla, pomrzavši usvědla, usvěděvši opadla? Večer seděch, dlúho seděch do kuropĕnie seděch, nic doždati nemóžech. Všě dřiezhy, lúčky sežech. Usnuch, snieše mi sě ve sně, jako by mně [nebošce] 2 na pravéj ruce s prsta svlekl sě zlatý prstének, smekl sě drahý kamének. Kamének nenadjidech, z militka sě nedoždech.
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2 Fibich: "nebožce"
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Note: from the Rukopis královédvorský, or the Dvůr Králové Manuscript, claimed by Hanka to be a 13th-century manuscript he had discovered but regarded by modern scholars as an elaborate forgery by him.
1 Fibich: "čemu's ranně"2 Fibich: "nebožce"
Authorship:
- by Václav Hanka (1791 - 1861), "Róže", first published 1818 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Antonín Dvořák (1841 - 1904), "Róže", op. 7 no. 2, B. 30 no. 2, published 1872, from Písně z rukopisu Královédvorského, no. 2 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Róže", H. 150 no. 1 (1871), published 1875 [voice and piano], from Tři pisně, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich (1850 - 1900), "Róže", H. 157 no. 3 (1871), first performed 1875, from Patero zpěvů (Fünf Gesänge), no. 3, also set in German (translation by Richard Batka) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Richard Batka (1868 - 1922) ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-01-25
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Word count: 59