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K dyž gsem šla gedenkrát přes hágeček.

Through the green grove my footsteps stray;

Alas! they stray:

I met a sportsman on the way.

The sun shines out in warmth above;

Ah! warm above:

My heart it blossoms forth in love.[1]

And there we sit till eve draws near;

Ah! eve draws near—

The sportsman shoots a wandering deer.

It is no deer—it is a doe;

Alas! a doe—

O maiden! thou hast planted woe.


  1. Tenkrát mé srdéčko láskau kwetlo—Then my heart flowered in love (amore florebat).