by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
Translation Singable translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946)
Allah Akbar
Language: Polish (Polski)
Allah, Allah Akbar, Allah! Ja wiem, ja dobrze wiem, że ciebie stworzył Allah, bym jego chwalił, bo czyż nie mając ciebie byłbym szalonym muezinem? Bo czyżbym wysyłał w niebo głos wychwalający Allaha nie myśląc, że dźwięk jego zbudzi ciebie? Allah Akbar, Allah!
Authorship:
- by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Allah Akbar", op. 42 no. 1 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 1, also set in French (Français), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann (1878 - 1931) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 42
Allah Akbar
Language: French (Français)  after the Polish (Polski)
Allah, Allah Akhbar, Allah! Je sais, oh oui, je sais qu'Allah te créa et je l'adore; si tu n'étais pas à moi serais-je, serais-je le fou qui chante? Et mes longues et chaudes prières qui s'envolent vers Allah n'est-ce pas pour dire que je t'aime! Allah Akhbar, Allah!
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Allah Akbar", op. 42 no. 1 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [voice and piano], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 1, also set in Polish (Polszczyzna), also set in German (Deutsch) [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 48