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Polały się łzy me czyste, rzęsiste Na me dzieciństwo sielskie, anielskie, Na moją młodość górną i durną, Na mój wiek męski, wiek klęski; Polały się łzy me czyste, rzęsiste...
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Authorship:
- by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855) [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 Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld (1863 - 1931), "Polały się łzy me", op. 1 (6 Романсов с сопровождением фортепиано (6 Romansov s soprovozhdeniem fortepiano)) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Belaieff, also set in Russian (Русский) [sung text not yet checked]
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Polały się łzy me", op. 10 (Шесть романсов = Shest' romansov (Six romances)) no. 6 (1870-1876), published 1877 [ voice and piano ], Moscow, Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
- by Szymon Laks (1901 - 1983), "Polały się łzy me", 1949 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Piotr Maszyński (1855 - 1934), "Polały się łzy", c1915 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 - 1941), "Polały się łzy me", op. 18 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 1, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by M. Przybylska , "Heißer Reue Tränen" ; composed by Piotr Maszyński.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Feliks Mikhailovich Blumenfeld.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Izabella Arkadyevna Grinyevskaya (1864 - 1942) , "Слёзы" ; composed by Vasily Ivanovich Yashnev.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Jennifer Gliere) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Ingrid Schmithüsen
This text was added to the website: 2013-05-22
Line count: 5
Word count: 29
My clear, abundant tears flowed On my idyllic, angelic childhood On my mature and foolish youth On my manly, defeated age My clear, abundant tears flowed.
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Translation of title "Polały się łzy" = "My tears flowed"Authorship:
- Translation from Polish (Polski) to English copyright © 2016 by Jennifer Gliere, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855)
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-28
Line count: 5
Word count: 26