My star | In the early dark, before I went to sleep

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by Bedřich Peska (1820 - 1904)

Translation © by Linda Godry

Má hvězda

Language: Czech (Čeština)

Our translations: ENG GER

Když se večer stmívá, dříve než jdu spát,
Na lávce sedávám vedle našich vrat.
Hledím po nebíčku,
Hledám svou hvězdičku, kde jsi hvězdo ma?

Text Authorship:

by Bedřich Peska (1820 - 1904) [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 Bedřich Smetana (1824 - 1884), "Má hvězda" [three-part chorus for female voices] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Linda Godry) , "My star", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Linda Godry) , "Mein Stern", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 4
Word count: 24

My star

Language: English after the Czech (Čeština)

In the early dark, before I went to sleep,
I sat on the bench beside our gateway.
I looked up to the night sky,
I saw all the stars twinkle, which one might be mine?

Text Authorship:

Translation from Czech (Čeština) to English copyright © 2008 by Linda Godry, (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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a text in Czech (Čeština) by Bedřich Peska (1820 - 1904)
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This text was added to the website: 2008-04-01
Line count: 4
Word count: 35