Kopala studienku
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Kopala studienku is a Slovak folk song, whose melody has served as basis for the Slovak national anthem Nad Tatrou sa blýska
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Nad Tatrou sa blýska
Nad Tatrou sa blýska is the national anthem of Slovakia. The origins of the anthem are in the Central European activism of the 19th century. Its main themes are a storm over the Tatra mountains that symbolized danger to the Slovaks, and a desire for a resolution of the threat...
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- Kopala studienku, pozerala do nej,
- či je tak hlboká, ako je široká,
- skočila by do nej, ej, skočila by do nej.
- A na tej studienke napájala páva,
- povedzže mi, milá, holubienka sivá,
- kohože si panna, ej, kohože si panna?
- A ja ti nepoviem, lebo sama neviem,
- prídi na večer k nám, mamky sa opýtam,
- potom ti ja poviem, ej, potom ti ja poviem.
Attempt to English translation
- She was digging a well, looking into it,
- if it is so deep, as it is wide,
- she'd jump into it, ey, she'd jump into it.
- And on the well she was watering a peacock,
- say me, dear, grey dove,
- whose maid are you, ey, whose maid are you?
- And I don't say you, because I don't know myself,
- come to us tonight, I'll ask mummy,
- then I'll tell you, ey, then I'll tell you.