Prsten
Language: Moravian (Moravština)
Available translation(s): DUT ENG
Hraj, maziko, hraj,
z cicha na Dunaj,
budem sa ubírat na milého kraj.
A vy, formané, širujte koně,
a vy, družbové, sedajte, sedajte na ně!
Ztracila sem vínek,
můj žzlatý prstýnek u mamičky mej.
U mej matery v truhle zamčený,
červeným jabúčkem
s milého srdečkem zapečacený.
Hraj, maziko, hraj,
z cicha na Dunaj.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Josef Srb-Debrnov (1836 - 1904) ; composed by Antonín Dvořák.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Lidy van Noordenburg) , "De ring", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (John Bernhoff) , "Ringlet and wreathlet"
- ENG English (Patrick Corness) , "The Ring", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Kurt Honolka) , "Der Ring", copyright ©
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 53
The Ring
Language: English  after the Moravian (Moravština)
Play, musicians, play
soft down Danube way,
we’ll soon be on our way to my loved one’s land
Now you, stablemen, ready the harness,
and you now, groomsmen, hie you to horse, hie you to horse!
I’m missing my garland,
my gold ring, my gold band that’s in mother’s care.
Inside her casket it’s kept safe and sound,
with a red ribbon bound,
sealed with my loved one’s heart, with my loved one’s heart.
Play, musicians, play,
soft down Danube way.
Authorship:
- Translation from Moravian (Moravština) to English copyright © 2023 by Patrick John Corness, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Moravian (Moravština) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from a collection of Moravian folk songs compiled by František Sušil
This text was added to the website: 2023-06-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 81