Na horách ticho a v údolí ticho
Language: Czech (Čeština)
Available translation(s): ENG ENG
Na horách ticho a v údolí ticho,
Přiroda dříma sladký sen;
A vzduchem táhne tajemné váni,
Ke kmenu v lese šepce kmen.
A lesy šumí v modravou dáli,
Když dechne vání na lupen,
Šumí a šumí dále a dále,
S šuměním táhne tak mnohý sen!
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Confirmed with Cypřiše. Sbírka básní lyrických a epických od Gustava Pflegera (Moravského), V Praze (Prague) : Nákladem knihkupectvi: I. L. Kober, 1862, page 67. Note: in stanza 2, line 3, word 6, the website antonin-dvorak.cz shows "dál" instead of "dále". The Bärenreiter edition (2003) of Dvořák's setting follows the Pfleger-Moravský edition.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , "In the hills there is calm and it is quiet in the valley", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Patrick John Corness) , "Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist)
- GER German (Deutsch) (Ottilie Kleinschrod, née Stieler) , "Stille", appears in Lyrische Gedichte und Übertragungen nach böhmischer Kunst- und Volks-Poesie, in 2. Übertragungen , in Nach böhmischen Dichtern
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Word count: 45
Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys
Language: English  after the Czech (Čeština)
Calm are the hillsides, calm are the valleys,
drowsy nature’s sweetly dreaming;
in the air a mysterious breeze stirs,
trees unto trees are whispering.
Forests murmur through bluish space afar
when breezes breathe upon the leaves;
near and far they murmur, on they murmur;
from that murmuring come many dreams!
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- Translation from Czech (Čeština) 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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This text was added to the website: 2023-08-18
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Word count: 50