In the evening silence | In the evening silence I hear from afar

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by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865 - 1940)

Translation © by Iain Sneddon

W wieczorną ciszę

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: ENG

W wieczorną ciszę z daleka słyszę
szumiące cicho rzeki;
myśli me z wolna sennie kołysze
szum cichy i daleki.
 
Wolno i sennie w wielki bezdennie
świat myśli moje płyną,
płyną na gwiazdy lśniące promiennie
i w ciemnej pustce giną.

Text Authorship:

by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865 - 1940), appears in Preludja, no. 37 [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 Mieczysław Karłowicz (1876 - 1909), "W wieczorną ciszę", op. 3 no. 8 (1896), published 1933 [ voice and piano ], Verified with Trzy pisne Warszawskie Towarzystwo Muzyczne, Warsaw, 1933 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Iain Sneddon) , "In the evening silence", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-17
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Word count: 39

In the evening silence

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

In the evening silence I hear from afar
Rivers quietly murmuring;
My thoughts are slowly and sleepily lulled
By the quiet, distant hum.

Slowly and sleepily my thoughts flow 
Into the great abyss,
They float towards the radiantly shining stars,
And in the dark void they perish.

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Based on:

a text in Polish (Polski) by Kazimierz Przerwa-Tetmajer (1865 - 1940), appears in Preludja, no. 37
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This text was added to the website: 2025-02-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 47