Ach, synku, synku!

domali jsi ?

Tatíček septá, orally jsi?

 

Oral jsem, oral ale málo:

kolečko se mně polamálo.

 

Oral jsem, oral cestu bílou,

kudy jsem chodil za svou mílou.

 

Což je ta cesta ušla paná:

Což je ma milá uplakaná.

 

Což je ta cesta tvrdá orat:

už se nedáme spolu od dat!

 

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Oh ! my son, are you at home?

Father is asking if you have plowed.

 

I have plowed but not enough.

The plow broke down and I could no longer plow.

 

The path plowed was too well trodden,

the one which I used to go see my love.

 

This path is very hard and well trodden.

My love has walked on it, sad and lonely.

 

The path is no more for plowing,

for my love and I cannot marry.

 

哦！我的兒子，你在家嗎？

父親問你是否耕地過。

 

我已經耕過了，但還不夠。

犁故障了，我再也無法耕作。

 

犁過的路太適合在上頭走，

我過去走這路，常常去看我的愛人。

 

這條路實在很艱難，走在上頭非常好。

我的愛人已經走在上頭，悲傷且孤獨。

 

這條路不再適合耕作，

為了我的愛，我不能結婚。