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Struna naladěna (1880) Op. 55

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Cigánské Melodie (Gypsy Songs) (Op. 55)

Struna naladěna

Adolf Heyduk

Struna naladěna, hochu, toč se v kole,
dnes, snad dnes převysoko, zejtra, zejtra, zejtra zase dole!
Pozejtří u Nilu za posvátným stolem;
struna již, struna naladěna, hochu, toč, hochu, toč se kolem!

Take your bow and strike up!

English Translation © Richard Stokes

Take your bow and strike up!
Come and join the round dance, lad!
Be happy today! But what of the morrow?
Sad tomorrow – it was ever thus!
Next day on the banks of the Nile,
At the table of our fathers,
Take your bow and strike up,
Hasten to the dance and mingle!
Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

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Composer

Antonín Dvořák

Antonín Leopold Dvořák (8 September 1841 – 1 May 1904) was a Czech composer, one of the first to achieve worldwide recognition. He frequently employed rhythms and other aspects of the folk music of Moravia and his native Bohemia.

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Poet

Adolf Heyduk

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