As in many countries, there is also traditional folk music in the Czech Republic. Usually, you can hear such music at folklore festivals, where people are dressed in traditional folk costumes such as those you can see in the following illustrative video posted on YouTube.
There are, though, some of the recent music bands, which decided to create their own modern music based on the traditional folk music, and that’s what I want to show you in this article. Before I get down to the song from a recently establish band, which I want to tell you about, I’d also like to mention a band called Čechomor (read Č as ch in chocolate and ch as in Loch Ness monster). They got together in 1988 and since then, they’ve been releasing new songs and albums and they’re quite popular in our country. Even though there isn’t any connection between this band and the band I’m going to describe later, I think it’s good to mention them as they were the first to start with this kind of music. Below, you find a song, which I personally like the most. The music video is not exactly amazing, there are lyrics translated into English in comments, though.
I got the inspiration for writing the article from @metametheus, who wrote this article and it’s a part of #song-challenge and #hifimixtape.
Now, the band and their song I’d like to present here. This band was established in 2017 and becoming more and more popular. It’s called Vesna as the goddess associated with youth and springtime in early Slavic mythology. They’ve already released a few singles and are about to release their debut album. The presented song is Kytička, meaning a little flower. Here is the lyrics in both, Czech and English version.
| Czech version | English version |
|---|---|
| Hodila kytičku kytku | She’s thrown a little flower, a flower |
| Do vody, aby plula | Into the water to let it float |
| Aby plula do daleka | To float far away |
| Třeba na ní štěstí tam čeká | There, luck might be waiting for her |
| Hodila chudobku bílu | She’s thrown a Bellis perennis |
| Do vody, aby plula | Into the water to float |
| Aby vzala všecky chmury | To carry away the gloom |
| Třeba den tam není ponurý | Day over there might not be bleak |
| Jak se říká tam za humny | As they say far away from here |
| Tam se tráva vždycky zelená | There, Grass is always green |
| Tam jsou vína plné studny | Wells are always full of wine |
| A děvčata jsou veselá | And girls are cheerful |
| Každým dnem chodíš a díváš se do vody | Every day you come and look at the water |
| Vidíš v ní odrazy svý vlastní podoby | You see your own reflections |
| Chceš věřit na naději | You want to be hopeful |
| Dívat se na hvězdy | To look at the starts |
| Vedena zázraky, sáhnout na vítězství | Led by miracles, touch to victory |
| Vydej se na cesty, kytka tě ponese | Set out for a journey, the flower will carry you |
| O tvojí kytičce k němu se donese | About your flower, he will hear |
| Vyloví ji ze dna | He gets it from the bottom |
| Řekne ti: ,,Tak buď mááá" | Will tell you: „So be mine“ |
| Jak se říká tam za humny | As they say far away from here |
| Tam se tráva vždycky zelená | There, Grass is always green |
| Tam jsou vína plné studny | Wells are always full of wine |
| A děvčata jsou veselá | And girls are cheerful |
| Jak se říká tam za humny | As they say far away from here |
| Tam se tráva vždycky zelená | There, Grass is always green |
| Tam jsou vína plné studny | Wells are always full of wine |
| A děvčata jsou veselá | And girls are cheerful |
| Hodila kytičku kytku | She’s thrown a little flower, a flower |
| Hodila kytičku kytku | She’s thrown a little flower, a flower |
| Hodila kytičku kytku | She’s thrown a little flower, a flower |
| Třeba na ní štěstí tam čeká | There, luck might be waiting for her |
| Hodila kytičku kytku | She’s thrown a little flower, a flower |
| Hodila kytičku kytku | She’s thrown a little flower, a flower |
| Hodila kytičku kytku | She’s thrown a little flower, a flower |
| Třeba na ní štěstí tam čeká | There, luck might be waiting for her |
| Třeba na ní štěstí tam čeká | There, luck might be waiting for her |
| Třeba na ní štěstí tam čeká | There, luck might be waiting for her |
The song is about those, who’ve decided to push their limits and even to overcome them. It’s about not being afraid and make the step to the dark and continue your own way.
The video clip is a common work of the girl band Vesna and a dance group DiVize, so here it is:
