Děkuje za zprávy; ptá se, zda z Prahy odjeli D’Orange a [Negand?]; co dělá Praha?; zde pracují na polích; ptá se na Stanislava Nováka; píše o písňové formě, není její nadšenec, zdá se mu, že se musí držet textu, aby vytvořil „slušnou věc“, příčilo se mu vázat se na deklamaci, „než bych si zkazil melodickou linku pro nějaký text, to raději té písničky nechám“; to mu vyčítal už Josef Suk, vzal si to také k srdci, „v Niponarech je již přízvuk slušnější“, u písní neposlouchá text ale melodii, ani když sám hraje; jakmile bude v trochu v náladě, napíše několik písní, v nichž deklamace bude správná, nemá texty; o válce teď ani neví, noviny nečtou; nemá čas na francouzštinu; adresa na „Jirku“ je A. Jirank. [A. Jiránková?] u pí. Pavlové, Pštrosová 12 III.p.

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Thanks for the news; asks if D'Orange and [Negand?] have left Prague; what is Prague doing?; they are working in the fields here; asks about Stanislav Novak; writes about the song form, he is not an enthusiast of it, it seems to him that he has to stick to the lyrics in order to create a "decent thing", he finds it awful to be tied to declamation, "rather than spoil the melodic line for a lyric, I'd rather leave the song"; Josef Suk had already reproached him for this, he also took it to heart, "in Nipponary the accent is already more decent", with songs he does not listen to the lyrics but to the melody, even when he plays himself; as soon as he is in a bit of a mood he will write several songs in which the declamation will be correct, he has no lyrics; he does not even know about the war now, he does not read the newspapers; he has no time for French; the address for "Jirka" is A. Jirank. [A. Jirank?] at Mrs. Pavlova, Pštrosová 12 III.p.

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