The farewell | Do you see, girl, the pennant

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by Maurycy Gosławski (1802 - 1834)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Pożegnanie

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: ENG

Widzisz dziewczę chorągiewkę,
Co przy mojej lancy drży?
Zaśpiewam ci o niej śpiewkę,
Ona piekna tak jak ty.

Nie płacz luba, bywaj zdrowa,
Łzy na cięższe zostaw dnie:
Co Bóg sądzi, bywaj zdrowa,
Może wrócę, może nie.

Text Authorship:

by Maurycy Gosławski (1802 - 1834) [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 Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963), "Pożegnanie", FP 69 no. 5, published 1934 [ medium voice and piano ], from Osiem piesńi polskich = Huit chansons polonaises, no. 5, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]

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ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "The farewell", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Line count: 8
Word count: 37

The farewell

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

Do you see, girl, the pennant,
Waving from my lance?
I’m going to sing a song about it,
It’s beautiful, like you.

Don’t cry my lovely, be well,
Leave your tears for another day:
As God wills, let us be well,
Maybe I’ll return, maybe not.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 46