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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation Singable translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946)

Bzicem kunia
Language: Polish (Polski) 
Bzicem kunia, bzicem!
Bzicem lejcowygo!
Niech un sie psilnuje 
gościńca bzitygo!

Gościniec ubzity 
i utorowany,
do moji dziwcyny, 
do moji kochany!

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Puszcza kurpiowska w pieśni (Songs of the Kurpiowska Forest) [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), "Bzicem kunia", op. 58, Heft 2 no. 6 (1930-1932), published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni kurpiowskie = Lieder aus Kurpe = Chants de Kurpie = Kurpian Songs, no. 6, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in French (Français)
        Score: IMSLP [external link]  [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.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Jan Śliwiński (1884 - 1950) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-05-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 21

Hé, va donc
Language: French (Français)  after the Polish (Polski) 
Hé, va donc, mon cheval !
Hé, va donc, mon cheval !
Hé, la route est large
et les fers résonnent.

La route est large,
la route est bien longue.
Vers ma bien-aimée,
vers ma belle blonde !

Text 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) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Puszcza kurpiowska w pieśni (Songs of the Kurpiowska Forest)
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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), "Hé, va donc", op. 58, Heft 2 no. 6 (1930-1932), published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni kurpiowskie = Lieder aus Kurpe = Chants de Kurpie = Kurpian Songs, no. 6, also set in Polish (Polski), also set in German (Deutsch)
        Score: IMSLP [external link]  [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-11-10
Line count: 8
Word count: 35

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