Golden slippers | Away from my palace gates

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by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946)

Translation © by Klaudia Magdon

Złote trzewiczki

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: ENG

Od wrót mojego pałacu
odszedł ten, co mnie miłował,
brnąc boso w jesiennej mgle...
W trzewiczkach złotych chodzę,
lecz stopy moje pali
ślad łez, na ścieżce
którą na wieki odszedł ten,
co mnie miłował!

Text Authorship:

by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946) [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), "Złote trzewiczki", op. 31 no. 3 (1933) [ soprano and orchestra ], from Pieśni księżniczki z baśni, no. 3, 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) , "Les petits souliers d'or" ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) , "Die goldenen Pantoffeln" ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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ENG English (Klaudia Magdon) , "Golden slippers", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 34

Golden slippers

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

Away from my palace gates
departed he who loved me,
treading barefoot through the autumn dew...
In golden slippers I walk,
yet my feet are scorched
by the trace of tears upon the path
where he has gone forever,
he who loved me!

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Based on:

a text in Polish (Polski) by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946)
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This text was added to the website: 2025-11-21
Line count: 8
Word count: 43