Kopala studienku

Kopala studienku is a Slovak folk song, whose melody has served as basis for the Slovak national anthem Nad Tatrou sa blýska.

Lyrics

#Kopala studienku, pozerala do nej, :či je tak hlboká, ako je široká, :skočila by do nej, ej, skočila by do nej.
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A na tej studienke napájala páva, :povedzže mi, milá, holubienka sivá, :kohože si panna, ej, kohože si panna?
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A ja ti nepoviem, lebo sama neviem, :prídi na večer k nám, mamky sa opýtam, :potom ti ja poviem, ej, potom ti ja poviem.

Attempt to English translation:

#She was digging a well, looking into it, :if it is so deep, as it is wide, :she'd jump into it, ey, she'd jump into it.
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And on the well she was watering a peacock, :say me, dear, grey dove, :whose maid are you, ey, whose maid are you?
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And I don't say you, because I don't know myself, :come to us tonight, I'll ask mummy, :then I'll tell you, ey, then I'll tell you.