by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
Translation Singable translation by Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann (1878 - 1931)
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: German (Deutsch)  after the Polish (Polski)
Allah, Allah Akbar, Allah! Ich weiß, o ja, ich weiß, der dich erschuf ist Allah. Ich will ihn anbeten, aber wärest du nicht mein wie wär' ich der arg verliebte Muezin? Und meiner Gebete Drängen, das empor sich schwinget zu Allah was will es denn mehr als sagen, daß ich dich liebe! Allah Akbar, Allah!
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann (1878 - 1931) [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 French (Français) [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: 55