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Mgła mi do oczu zawiewa z łona, W prawo i wlewo ćmi naokoło; Dumka na ustach brząknie i skona! Niemo, och! niemo, bo niewesoło. Nie ma bo, nie ma czego potrzeba! Dawno mi tutaj nudno, niemiło: Ni mego słońca! ni mego nieba! Ni mego czegoś! Czym serce żyło. Kochać i śpiewać było by błogo! W cudzej tu pustce śniłbym jak w domu: Kochać, o, kochać! i nie ma kogo! Śpiewać, o, śpiewać! I nie ma komu! Niekiedy wzrokiem ku niebu wiercę, Poświstom wiatru wcale nie łaję: Zimno, o! zimno, lecz puka serce, Że z dumką w insze odlecim kraje!
F. Chopin sets stanzas 1, 3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
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Authorship
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), "Nie ma czego trzeba", op. 74 no. 13 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849), "Dumka", stanzas 1,3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896) , "Melancholie" ; composed by Anton Krause.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Melancholie"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Friedrich Reiß) , "Melancholie"
Research team for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 99
Comme un brouillard se répand dans mes yeux, Tout autour de moi l'obscurité se fait ; Une dumka arrive sur mes lèvres et meurt, Le silence, oh, le silence du malheur. Il n'y a rien, rien dont j'ai besoin ! Pour moi, ici tout est ennuyeux, désagréable : Ni mon soleil ! Ni mon ciel ! Rien à moi ! Ce dont vit mon cœur ! Quel bonheur ce serait d'aimer et de chanter ! Je rêverais dans ce désert étranger comme si j'étais à la maison : Aimer, oh ! aimer ! et il n'y a personne ! Chanter, oh ! chanter ! et il n'y a personne ! Parfois, je tourne mes yeux vers le ciel, Et le souffle du vent emporte ma plainte : Tout est froid, oh, froid, mais mon cœur bat, Qu'avec cette chanson nous partions vers ce pays étranger.
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Translations of title(s):
"Dumka" = "Chanson mélancolique"
"Nie ma czego trzeba" = "Il n'y a rien dont j'ai besoin "
Authorship
- Translation from Polish (Polski) to French (Français) copyright © 2017 by Guy Laffaille, (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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- a text in Polish (Polski) by (Józef) Bohdan Zaleski (1802 - 1886)
This text was added to the website: 2017-01-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 145