by Janko Jesenský (1874 - 1945)
Prsteň
Language: Slovak (Slovenčina)
Natiahli na prštek tenučkú obrúčku, obkrútili prštek, zaputnali rúčku; zaputnali rúčku, srdce zaviazali, moje potešenie do klietky mi dali, moje potešenie do klietky mi dali. Do klietky mi dali piera trblietanie, očiek ligotanie, piesne štebotanie. Ústa sladké cudzím bozkom spečatili, chodník zakázali, vrátka zatvorili; aby sa už viacej nikdy nezviazalo, čo bolo zviazané, čo sa rado malo: aby ma už viacej nikdy neobjala najkrajšia obrúčka — rúčka tvoja malá, rúčka tvoja malá.
Authorship:
- by Janko Jesenský (1874 - 1945) [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 Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský (1881 - 1958), "Prsteň", op. 25 no. 1, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Slzy a úsmevy, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
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