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Sládek, Josef Václav: Crystal spring (Lesní studánka in English)

Portre of Sládek, Josef Václav

Lesní studánka (Czech)

Znám křišťálovou studánku,
kde nejhlubší je les,
tam roste tmavé kapradí
a vůkol rudý vřes.

Tam ptáci, laně chodí pít
pod javorový kmen,
ti ptáci za dne bílého,
ty laně v noci jen.

Když usnou lesy hluboké
a kolem ticho jest,
a nebesa i studánka
jsou plny zlatých hvězd.



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Source of the quotationceskaliteratura.cz

Crystal spring (English)

I know a glade, spring crystal clear,
in deepest woodland, crowned
by shady ferns in silhouettes,
red heather all around.

There thirsty hinds and songbirds sip,
by the old sycamore,
the birds by blazing light of day,
the hinds by night, no more.

Once the deep woods to dreams succumb,
everything hushed and still,
the heaven’s dome and woodland spring
with golden starlight fill.



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Source of the quotationhttp://www.vzjp.cz/blinks.htm

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