Nature
The stars upon the heavens there
Translated by Joseph Štýbr (1920) · From Evening Songs (Večerní písně), trans. Štýbr (1920)
Nature
The stars upon the heavens there
Are worlds of greatest features,
And I would only like to know
What kind they have of creatures.
If some one from that height up there
At us ’way down here gazes,
And if he up there like I here
His voice in love songs raises.
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Hálek, Vítězslav. “The stars upon the heavens there.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/20/.
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Hálek, Vítězslav. “The stars upon the heavens there.” Translated by Joseph Štýbr. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/halek/20/.
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