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by Tadeusz Micinski (1873 - 1918)

Tak jestem smętny
Language: Polish (Polski) 
Tak jestem smętny jak kurhan na stepie,
A tak samotny jak wicher na morzu;
A tak zbłąkany jak liść na bezdrożu
A tak zwienięty jak połoz w czerepie.

Straszą mnie widma i tajemne zbrodnie
śpiewają rajów skrzydlate ahury.
Gdybym rozerwać mógłna sercu chmury,
rzucałbym gwiazdy sercom bez podobnie.

Gdybym niebył Druid skamieniały,
Bóg bez wiecz ności i król bez korony;
Gdybym ja niebył ptak morski szalony 
gdybym ja niebył od męki zczerniały,
gdybym ja niebył jak śpiew na mogile
Powiódł bym na Termopile!

Text Authorship:

  • by Tadeusz Micinski (1873 - 1918) [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), "Tak jestem smętny", op. 11 (Cztry pieśni) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 83

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