by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
Translation Singable translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946)
W południe
Language: Polish (Polski)
W południe miasto białe od gorąca, baseny płuszczą wilgotną zielenią. Wzywam na chwalbę Allaha po to jedynie, byś do kąpieli zdziała szaty barwne. Wezwanie moje codzien' sprawia cud, cud twej nagości!
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), "W południe", op. 42 no. 4 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 4, 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: 31
Midi
Language: French (Français)  after the Polish (Polski)
Midi! la ville est éclatante et chaude, les fontaines murmurent leurs douces prières. Écoute, Allah, ô Allah, ma bien aimée va dans son bain, les voiles jaunes tombent, ma bien aimée est belle ainsi, toute nue, toute toute nue!
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), "Midi", op. 42 no. 4 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [voice and piano], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 4, 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: 39