Milenka travička
Language: Moravian (Moravština)
Available translation(s): ENG
Ty milotské zvony
pěkně vyzváňajú,
lidé povidajú:
Co to znamenajú?
Jedni povídajú:
Pútníčkové idú,
druzí povidajú:
Pochovávat budú.
Pochovávat budú
jednej vdovy syna,
co ho otrávila
galanečka milá.
Neščasná galanko,
jak na pohřeb půjdeš?
Neščasná galanko,
jak naříkat budeš?
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- ENG English (Patrick Corness) , "The Lover-Poisoner", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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The Lover‑Poisoner
Language: English  after the Moravian (Moravština)
The church bells are ringing,
it’s such a tuneful sound,
people are wondering
what those church bells portend.
Some of the people say
pilgrims are on their way,
but other people say:
they’re burying a man.
They’re burying a man;
he’s a widow’s young son,
whose lover poisoned him,
his dear beloved one.
Oh, you wretched lover,
how will you bury him?
Oh, you wretched lover,
how will you grieve for him?
Translator's note: This translation first published in ‘Překladatelská strategie přebásnění Dvořákových Mužských sborů bez doprovodu do angličtiny’
[A Strategy for Czech-English Verse Translation] (Patrick John Corness), in Časopis pro moderní filologii [Journal for Modern Philology] 2018 (100): 225-249. https://casopispromodernifilologii.ff.cuni.cz/en/magazin/2018-100-2/
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