The last Mazurka | One more mazurka tonight, before daybreak dawns

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Ostatni Mazur

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: ENG

Jeszcze jeden mazur dzisiaj, nim poranek świta,
"Czy pozwoli Pana Krzysia?" młody ułan pyta.
I tak długo błaga, prosi, boć to w polskiej ziemi:
W pierwsza parę ją ponosi, a sto par za niemi.

On coś pannie szepce w uszko, i ostrogą dzwoni,
Pannie tłucze się serduszko, i liczko się płoni.
Cyt, serduszko, nie płoń liczka, bo ułan niestały:
O pół mili wre potyczka, słychać pierwsze strzały.

Słychać strzały, głos pobudki, dalej na koń, hurra!
Lube dziewczę porzuć smutki, dokończym mazura.
Jeszcze jeden krąg dokoła, jeden uścisk bratni,
Trabka budzi, na koń woła, mazur to ostatni.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [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), "Ostatni Mazur", FP 69 no. 4, published 1934 [ medium voice and piano ], from Osiem piesńi polskich = Huit chansons polonaises, no. 4, Éd. Rouart, Lerolle [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

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

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 96

The last Mazurka

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

One more mazurka tonight, before daybreak dawns,
“Miss Kryzysia, would you allow me?” the young Uhlan asks,
And once again, he asks, as on Polish soil:
They take the first turn, and a hundred couples follow.

He whispers something to the lady, and jangles his spurs,
Her heart beats faster, and her cheeks burn.
Quiet, heart, cheeks don’t burn, as the uhlan won’t stay long:
In half a mile we’ll reach the battle, you can hear the first shots.

Shots ring out, reveille plays, mount your horse, hurrah!
Lovely girl don’t be sad, we’ll finish the mazurka.
One more spin, then we’ll embrace,
The trumpet sounds, calls him to his horse, this is the last mazurka.

Translator's note for line 1-2: Uhlans were troops of General Józef Piłsudski in world War I. The tune they adopted as their theme was harmonized by Poulenc in his setting of this poem.

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This text was added to the website: 2019-12-03
Line count: 12
Word count: 116