(19/25) Little Bird in Winter / Vtáčik v zime

19. Little Bird in Winter / Vtáčik v zime

Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský: Songs (2014)

Pavol Breslik: Tenor

Róbert Pechanec: Piano

Vtáčik v zime

Už je zima, už je mráz...

kam sa, vtáčik môj, schováš?

Schovám sa do kroviny,

to sú moje periny.

Už je zima, už je sňah,

kam sa schováš? To je strach!

Zaletím do stodoly,

tam ma zima nebolí.

Prejde zima, prejde mráz...

zaspievam si potom zas.

Budem spievať, spievať zvesela,

budem spievať, spievať zvesela,

že vlasť zaplesá, že vlasť zaplesá,

že vlasť zaplesá celá.

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Little Bird in Winter

Now it's winter, frost is hard,

where'll you hide, my little bird?

"In a bush I'll hide away,

in my feathers, that's to say."

Now it's winter, here's the snow,

where'll you hide, oh where'll you go?

"In a haybarn I'll remain,

winter cannot cause me pain."

Winter and the frost will pass,

I'll sing again at last.

I'll sing, sing merrily,

I'll sing, sing merrily,

that the land's smiling, that the land's smiling,

that the land's smiling cheerily.

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English translations of the Slovak lyrics: John Minahane

The lyrics are from the booklet of "Songs" CD.