Around you such May

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by Zdzislaw Debicki (1871 - 1931)

Translation © by Anna Wojcik

Dokoła ciebie taki maj

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: ENG

Dokoła ciebie taki maj,
dokoła ciebie taka wiosna,
że w duszy mojej stał się raj,
i dźwięczy pieśń radosna.

Dokoła ciebie kwiatów moc,
i jakieś słodkie rozkochanie, 
i wiem że mija moja noc,
a dzień się wkrótce stanie.

Dokoła ciebie zapach łąk,
i aromaty pól wiosenne,	
z podziwem patrzę, patrzę wkrąg,
otwieram oczy senne,

Ale nie widzę w koło nic,
nie widzę wiosny tej na niebie
tylko rumieniec twoich lic,
i tylko widzę ciebie!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Zdzisław Dębicki, Noce Bezsenne: Poezye, Nakładem Towarzystwa Wydawniczego, W. L. Anczyc, Lwów, 1900, page 87.

Text Authorship:

by Zdzislaw Debicki (1871 - 1931), "Dokoła ciebie...", Lwów: Towarzystwo Wydawnicze, first published 1900 [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 Konstanty Gorski (1859 - 1924), "Dokoła ciebie taki maj...", <<1914, published 1914 [ mezzo-soprano or tenor and piano ], Konstanty Gorski. Utwory odnalezione. - Charków: Słowo wśród nas (PP Sliż), 2010. (Published on occasion of Górski's 150th anniversary of birth and 85th anniversary of death, with support from the Consulate General of Poland in Kharkiv.) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Anna Wojcik) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Anna Wojcik [Guest Editor]

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Around you such May

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

Around you such May, 
around you such spring,
that paradise arose in my soul, 
and a happy song sounds.

Around you the power of flowers,
and some sweet enamouring,
I know that my night passes, 
and it will soon become day.

Around you is the scent of meadows, 
and spring-like aromas
with wonder I look, I look around, 
I open my drowsy eyes,

but I do not see anything around me, 
I do not see the spring in the sky
only the blush of your cheeks, 
and I only see you!

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Translations of title(s):
"Dokoła ciebie..." = "Around you..."
"Dokoła ciebie taki maj..." = "Around you such May..."

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Polish (Polski) by Zdzislaw Debicki (1871 - 1931), "Dokoła ciebie...", Lwów: Towarzystwo Wydawnicze, first published 1900
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This text was added to the website: 2020-06-02
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Word count: 91