Klement Slavický (1910 – 1999) was important czech composer of the 20th century. This famous song cycle was published for the first and the last time in 1956, that is almost half a century ago. Since then it gained outstanding popularity and lined up with similarly styled L. Janáček’s and B. Martinů’s cycles. About it’s excellent qualities agrees also the fact that in 1995 it was recorded by our famous opera singer Dagmar Pecková. This new edition not only makes theese songs of his publicly accessible but also is newly completed with English and German lyrics translations and makes song’s possible to travel through the world’s concerto performances.