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Here's a translation of the beginning part of "Maj". Apart from the 1st 2 lines I think its pretty good - certainly better than the more well-known version by Edith Pargetier which loses meaning in order to sustain rhymes.
The rest of this [incomplete] translation is here, published by Twisted Spoon Press - a highly recommended publisher of some of the very best Czech writing.
It was late evening â;; first of May â;;
was evening May â;; the time for love.
The turtledove invited love
to where the pine grove's fragrance lay.
The silent moss murmured of love,
the flowering tree belied love's woe.
The nightingale sang rose-filled love,
the rose exhaled a sweet complaint.
The placid lake in shadowed thicket
resounded darkly secret pain,
embracing it within its shores;
the pristine suns of other worlds
were wandering through the sky's blue band,
as fiery as a lover's tears.

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  The worlds rose in the sky as if
  into the shrine of lasting love
  till â;; passion burned itself away,
  diminishing to sparks, it died â;;
  wandering, these lovers joined as one.
  
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