English Translation

2V - 3 - The unleashed passion of the raging battles brings down sky-high towers, sets the magnificent chambers on fire and russes the proud princely seat. The storms lie down. Wishrad remains a silent, desolate image of his fame. From his rubble the voice of the long silent singer Lumir. Vltava sounds lamenting. Two watercourses are formed in the forest shade of the Bohemian Forest, one warm and lively, the other cold and serious. (Warms and cold Vltava).Swuggling, their waves come together, they sound clear on the pebbles and shimmering in the sunrays. In the fast run, the wild brook grows to the river Vltava, starts its way through the Bohemian Land, absorbing streams and tributaries, becomes a rushing stream. Quieter, the Vltova flows through dark pine forests, from which the hustle and bustle of noisy hunting resounds in forest horn sounds; livelier through fresh corridors, where lively music, dance and wedding parties ring over. At night, at moonlights, fairies and water nymphs dance their dances on the gilded waves, in which serious castles, monuments of past knightly glory, reflect themselves. In the St. John's rapids, the Vltava rushes down as a waterfall, pushing through rock walls and their waves crisscrossed by rugged rocks and stones. From now on, it rolls into a free riverbed as a swelling stream towards Prague, where the venerable Vishhrad greets it. Here, the Vltava escapes in full force and strength from the poet's eye into far distance. Scharka: (Czech female legend). Disappointed by love, the Sharka rages in arrogance against the whole masculine escalate with which the Amazons fight for life and death. The knight Ctirad pulls against her with his entourage, the cheerful crowd is heard far and wide. Suddenly one hears a heartbreaking whining, Cti Rad follows the voice and finds a girl tied to a tree. It's Sharka who pretends to be out of her comrades---4--