Czém jest me czucie? Ach iskrą tylko! Czém jest mne życie Ach jedną chwilką! Lecz te co jutro rykną, czém są dzisiaj gromy? Iskrą tylko. Czém jest wiekow ciąg cały, mnie z dziejów wiadomy? Jedną chwilką. Z czego wychodzi cały człowiek, mały światek? Z iskry tylko. Czém jest śmierć co rosproszy myśli mych dostatek? Jedną chwilką. Czém był On, póki światy trzymał w swojém łonie? Iskrą tylko. Czém będzie wieczność świata, gdy On go pochłonie? Jedną chwilką. --
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Confirmed with Poezye Adama Mickiewicza, Tom Czwarty (Volume 4), Paryż, Nakładem autora, 1832, pages 72-73.
Text Authorship:
- by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855), no title [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):
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897) ; composed by César Antonovich Cui.
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Word count: 77
Chto chuvstva nashi? Ax, tol`ko iskra! Chto zhizn` vsya nasha? Ax, lish` mgnoven`e! Chto ny'nche gromy' te, chto zavtra gryanut moshhno? Tol`ko iskra. Chto takoe vekov minuvshix verenicza? Mig ediny'j. Chem by'l tainstvenny'j zarody'sh, chto sozdal cheloveka? Iskroj tol`ko. Chto takoe smert`, chto um moj moshhny'j unichtozhit? Mig ediny'j. Kem by'l on, do sozdaniya mirov vselennoj? Iskroj tol`ko. Kogda on mir razrushit, chem zhe stanet vechnost`? Odnim mgnoven`em.
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Text Authorship:
- by Apollon Nikolayevich Maykov (1821 - 1897) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855), no title
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by César Antonovich Cui (1835 - 1918), "Что чувства наши", op. 71 no. 6 (1907), published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Шесть стихотворении А. Мицкевича, no. 6, Moscow: Jurgenson [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-08-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 68