Tenor tutorial for Povic mila, povic pravdu by Mária Jašurdová

The Povic mila, povic pravdu song learning material for the tenor 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 tenors (found below), we include the lyrics of the tenor group with their pronunciation. These can be found in the bottom part of the page.

Tenor 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.

Tenor in the foreground

Recording of all voices without tenors

All voices together

Tenor lyrics and pronunciation for Povic mila, povic pravdu

Original text transcribed using the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Či na lavce či pod lavku
t͡ʂi na laft͡sɛ t͡ʂi pɔd lafku

a či s milim na zahlavku
a t͡ʂi s miʎim na zaɦlafku

Ňeoblapi ňepobočka
ɲɛɔblapi ɲɛpɔbɔt͡ʂka

ňebudze mu frajiročka
ɲɛbud͡zɛ mu frajirɔt͡ʂka

ňebudze mu tak tak
ɲɛbud͡zɛ mu tak tak

ňebudze mu tak tak
ɲɛbud͡zɛ mu tak tak

hej hej hej
ɦɛj ɦɛj ɦɛj

Povic mila povic pravdu
pɔvit͡s mila pɔvit͡s pravdu

dze ja ce na večar najdu
d͡zɛ ja t͡sɛ na vɛt͡ʂar najdu

či na lavce či pod hlavku
t͡ʂi na laft͡sɛ t͡ʂi pɔd ɦlafku

a či s milim na zahlavku
a t͡ʂi s miʎim na zaɦlafku

Dunaju Dunaju hej Dunaju Dunaju
dunaju dunaju ɦɛj dunaju dunaju

žimna voda na kraju Dunaju hej
ʐimna vɔda na kraju dunaju ɦɛj

A ja frajir jaki taki
a ja frajir jaki taki

co ju ňikda ňeoblapi
t͡sɔ ju ɲiɡda ɲɛɔblapi

Ňeoblapim ňeoblapim
ɲɛɔblapim ɲɛɔblapim

ňebočkam ňebočkam
ɲɛbɔt͡ʂkam ɲɛbɔt͡ʂkam

Laborcu Labor Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔr labɔrt͡su

Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

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

žimna voda žimna voda žimna voda
ʐimna vɔda ʐimna vɔda ʐimna vɔda

hej tak tak taki tak tak tak taki taki
ɦɛj tak tak taki tak tak tak taki taki

Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu Laborcu
labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su labɔrt͡su

či na lavce či pod lavku
t͡ʂi na laft͡sɛ t͡ʂi pɔd lafku

a či s milim na zahlavku
a t͡ʂi s miʎim na zaɦlafku

Ňeoblapi ňepobočka
ɲɛɔblapi ɲɛpɔbɔt͡ʂka

ňebudze mu frajiročka
ɲɛbud͡zɛ mu frajirɔt͡ʂka

ňebudze mu tak tak
ɲɛbud͡zɛ mu tak tak

ňebudze mu tak tak hej hej hej
ɲɛbud͡zɛ mu tak taɡ ɦɛj ɦɛj 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.