Kytice


Kytice z pověstí národních, also known by the short title Kytice, is a collection of ballads by the Czech author Karel Jaromír Erben. The collection was first published in 1853 and originally consisted of 12 poems. Lilie was added to the second edition in 1861.

Poems

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Translations

There are two full translations into English in print, Marcela Sulak, A Bouquet of Czech Folktales, Prague, Twisted Spoon Press, and Susan Reynolds, Kytice, London, Jantar Publishing.
Marcela Sulak's translation has been used for subtitling performances of Dvořák's adaptations in Prague and the film version at the Warsaw Film Festival. The edition is illustrated with artwork by Alén Diviš.
Susan Reynolds' translations were years in the making; she had read some of her translations at a symposium at the Antonin Dvořák Museum in Prague in 2004, which were lauded as "brilliant".
Svatební košile was translated under the title "Spectre's Bride" by.

Adaptations

The Kytice collection has inspired several adaptations for various media:
;Films
;Music
;OperaVodník, Opera in 4 acts by ; libretto by
;TheatreKytice, a 1972 loose musical theatre adaptation by Jiří Suchý and Ferdinand Havlík, one of the most popular pieces the Semafor theatre