Soprano tutorial for Povic mila, povic pravdu by Mária Jašurdová

The Povic mila, povic pravdu song learning material for the soprano vocal group is a part of the freely available online choral library with music from Slovak composers. It was created with the support of Slovak Arts Council (Fond na podporu umenia).

In addition to the tutorial recordings for sopranos (found below), we include the lyrics of the soprano group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Soprano tutorial for song Povic mila, povic pravdu

The performance is at a practice tempo (to make it easier to learn voice parts), recorded by members of the Technik STU Choir. If you are interested in singing with the Technik STU choir, consider joining us.

Soprano in the foreground

Soprano 1
Soprano 2

Recording of all voices without sopranos

All voices without soprano 1
All voices without soprano 2

All voices together

Soprano lyrics and pronunciation for Povic mila, povic pravdu

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Soprano 1:

A muj frajir jaki taki
a muj frajir jaki taki

co me ňikda neoblapi
t͡sɔ mɛ ɲiɡda ɲɛɔblapi

ňikda ňepobočka
ɲiɡda ɲɛpɔbɔt͡ʂka

ňebudzem mu frajiročka
ɲɛbud͡zɛm mu frajirɔt͡ʂka

ňebudzem ja ňebudzem
ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm

ňebudzem mu frajiročka hej hej
ɲɛbud͡zɛm mu frajirɔt͡ʂka ɦɛj ɦɛj

Dunaju hej taki i taki
dunaju ɦɛj taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki
i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i
i taki i taki i taki i

Dunaju Dunaju
dunaju dunaju

hej Dunaju Dunaju
ɦɛj dunaju dunaju

taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i
i taki i taki i taki i

hej Dunaju hej
ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj

a muj frajir jaki taki
a muj frajir jaki taki

co me ňikda ňeoblapi
t͡sɔ mɛ ɲiɡda ɲɛɔblapi

ňeoblapi ňepobočka
ɲɛɔblapi ɲɛpɔbɔt͡ʂka

ňebudzem mu frajiročka
ɲɛbud͡zɛm mu frajirɔt͡ʂka

Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

hej Laborcu Laborcu
ɦɛj labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

jaka voda na koncu na koncu
jaka vɔda na kɔnt͡su na kɔnt͡su

Laborcu na koncu ej Laborcu hej
labɔrt͡su na kɔnt͡su ɛj labɔrt͡su ɦɛj

tak tak taki tak
tak tak taki tak

aňi ňemož vypovezdec
aɲi ɲɛmɔʐ vipɔvɛzɟɛt͡s

jak s frajirom dobre sedzec
jak s frajirɔm dɔbrɛ sɛd͡zɛt͡s

ej Dunaju ej Dunaju
ɛj dunaju ɛj dunaju

Laborcu ej Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su ɛj labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

a muj frajir jaki taki
a muj frajir jaki taki

co me ňikda neoblapi
t͡sɔ mɛ ɲiɡda ɲɛɔblapi

ňikda ňepobočka
ɲiɡda ɲɛpɔbɔt͡ʂka

ňebudzem mu frajiročka
ɲɛbud͡zɛm mu frajirɔt͡ʂka

ňebudzem ja ňebudzem
ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm

ňebudzem mu frajiročka
ɲɛbud͡zɛm mu frajirɔt͡ʂka

hej hej Dunaju
ɦɛj ɦɛj dunaju

hej jaka u ce žimna voda
ɦɛj jaka u t͡sɛ ʐimna vɔda

na koncu koncu
na kɔnt͡su kɔnt͡su

Soprano 2:

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

Dunaju Dunaju
dunaju dunaju

taki i taki ňebudzem ja ňebudzem hej
taki i taki ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm ɦɛj

Dunaju hej Dunaju hej
dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

i taki i taki i taki i taki i
i taki i taki i taki i taki i

Dunaju hej Dunaju hej Dunaju
dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj dunaju

Dunaju žimna voda hej
dunaju ʐimna vɔda ɦɛj

Dunaju hej Dunaju hej Dunaju hej hej
dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj ɦɛj

a muj frajir jaki taki
a muj frajir jaki taki

co ňikda ňeoblapi
t͡sɔ ɲiɡda ɲɛɔblapi

ňeoblapi ňepobočka
ɲɛɔblapi ɲɛpɔbɔt͡ʂka

ňebudzem mu frajirka
ɲɛbud͡zɛm mu frajirka

labor Laborcu Laborcu hej
labɔr labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su ɦɛj

Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

jaka u ce žimna voda
jaka u t͡sɛ ʐimna vɔda

na koncu na koncu
na kɔnt͡su na kɔnt͡su

Laborcu na koncu Laborcu ej
labɔrt͡su na kɔnt͡su labɔrt͡su ɛj

na koncu hej tak tak taki tak
na kɔnt͡su ɦɛj tak tak taki tak

aňi ňemož vypovezdec
aɲi ɲɛmɔʐ vipɔvɛzɟɛt͡s

jak s frajirom dobre sedzec
jak s frajirɔm dɔbrɛ sɛd͡zɛt͡s

Dunaju Dunaju Laborcu Laborcu
dunaju dunaju labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

ej Laborcu Laborcu
ɛj labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

taki i taki i taki i taki
taki i taki i taki i taki

Dunaju Dunaju taki i taki
dunaju dunaju taki i taki

ňebudzem ja ňebudzem
ɲɛbud͡zɛm ja ɲɛbud͡zɛm

hej Dunaju hej Dunaju hej
ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj dunaju ɦɛj

jaka u ce žimna voda na koncu koncu
jaka u t͡sɛ ʐimna vɔda na kɔnt͡su kɔnt͡su

Further help, notes on pronunciation and English approximations of the sounds can be found in this Wikipedia article.