Wide water | Wide water on the Wiśle

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Caren Moffett

Szeroka woda

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: ENG

Szeroka woda na Wiśle,
A powiem wam teraz swe myśle.

Jak było wczoraj, tak I dziś,
Muszę ja na wieki z tobą byc'.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Szeroka woda (edited by Jadwiga Gorzechowska), first published 1967 [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 Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933 - 2010), "Szeroka woda", op. 39 no. 5 (1979) [mixed chorus], from Szeroka woda, no. 5. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Caren Moffett) , "Wide water", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Caren Moffett

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 23

Wide water

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

Wide water on the Wiśle¹,
And I will tell everyone now my thoughts.

As it was yesterday, so I today
I have to forever be with you.

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¹ a huge river in Poland

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Polish (Polski) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Szeroka woda (edited by Jadwiga Gorzechowska), first published 1967
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 29