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Moja pieszczotka gdy w wesołej chwili, Pocznie szczebiotać i kwilić i gruchać : Tak mile grucha, szczebioce i kwili, Że nie chcąc słówka żadnego postradać, Nie śmiem przerywać, nie śmiem odpowiadać, I tylko chciałbym słuchać, słuchać, słuchać. Lecz mowy żywość gdy oczki z apali, I pocznie mocniej jagody różować, Perłowe ząbki błysną śród korali : Ach! wtenczas śmielej w oczęta poglądam, Usta pomykam i słuchać nie żądam, Tylko całować, całować, całować.
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Confirmed with Dzieła Adama Mickiewicza, Volume 1, Paris, Księgarnia Luxemburgska, 1876, page 191.
Authorship:
- by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855), "Do D... D...", written 1825 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849), "Moja pieszczotka", op. 74 no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Stanisław Moniuszko (1819 - 1872), "Moja pieszczotka", from Trzy spiewy, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860 - 1941), "Moja pieszczotka", op. 18 (Sechs Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3 (1893), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Bote & Bock [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Władysław Marcjan Mikołaj Żeleński (1837 - 1921), "Moja pieszczotka", op. 2 (1857-60) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Aleksandr Petrovich Koptyayev.
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Lev Aleksandrovich Mey (1822 - 1862) , "Моя баловница" [an adaptation] ; composed by Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Sergei Grigorevich Golitsyn (1803 - 1868) ; composed by Aleksandr Ivanovich Dyubyuk, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Eduard Frantsevich Nápravník.
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- Also set in Ukrainian (Українська), a translation by Mikhailo Petrovych Starytsky (1840 - 1904) ; composed by Mykola Vitaliyovych Lysenko.
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
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Ferdinand Gumbert) , "Meine Freuden"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Meine Freuden"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Friedrich Reiß) , "Meine Freuden"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 71
My darling, when in a joyous moment You begin to chatter and wail and coo, Such lovely cooing, chattering and wailing Not wanting to miss a single word, I dare not interrupt, I dare not respond, I only wish to listen! But when the vividness of speech lights your eyes And rosies the berries more intensely Pearly teeth shine among corals, Ah! then I will look boldly in your eyes I hurry my lips and to do not demand to listen, Only to kiss!
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- 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), "Do D... D...", written 1825
This text was added to the website: 2016-12-28
Line count: 12
Word count: 84