by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
O tej godzinie
Language: Polish (Polski)
O tej godzinie, w której miasto śpi, o olali! o olali! zbudźcie się chwalic' Allaha! Wstan', stary kupcze, by chwalic' Allaha A! licząc swe perły. Wstan' ty, niewiasto, by chwalic' Allaha czekając na junaka. Tylko ty, o luba, utulona snem, o olali! o olali! jak lotus śpij skulona.
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), "O tej godzinie", op. 42 no. 5 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 5, 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.
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