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Błyszczą, krople rosy, Mruczy zdrój po błoni, Ukryta we wrzosy Gdzieś jałowka dzwoni. Piękną, miłą błonią Leci wzrok wesoło; W koło kwiaty wonią, Kwitną gaje w koło. Paś się, błąkaj, trzódko, Ja pod skałą siędę, Piosnkę lubą, słodką Śpiewać sobie będę. Ustroń miła, cicha! Jakiś żal w pamięci, Czegoś serce wzdycha, W oku łza się kręci. Łza wybiegła z oka, Ze mną strumyk śpiewa, Do mnie się z wysoka Skowronek odzywa. [Jakże ładny,]1 chyży... Ledwo widny oku... Coraz wyżej, wyżej, [Już zginął]2 w obłoku. [Uleciał szczęśliwy! Tam swą piosnkę głosi... I ziemi śpiew tkliwy Do niebios zanosi!]3
Confirmed with Zbiór pism pomniejszych utworu Stefana Witwickiego. Tom pierwszy (Volume 1), Lipsk, F. A. Brockhaus, 1878, pages 190-191.
1 Chopin, Kolberg, Moniuszko: "Lot rozwija"2 Chopin, Kolberg, Moniuszko: "Zginął już"
3 Chopin, Moniuszko:
Ponad pola, niwy, Jeszcze piosnkę głosi I śpiew ziemi tkliwy W niebo aż zanosi!3 Kolberg:
Ponad pola, niwy, Jeszcze piosnkę głosi I ziemi śpiew tkliwy Do niebios zanosi!
Text Authorship:
- by Stefan Witwicki (1801 - 1847), "Wiosna" [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), "Wiosna", op. 74 no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Kolberg (1814 - 1890), "Wiosna" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Stanisław Moniuszko (1819 - 1872), "Wiosna" [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896) ; composed by Carl Mahlberg, Louis Wallbach.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Christopher Lapkowski) , "Spring", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Printemps", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Frühling"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Friedrich Reiß) , "Frühling"
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Robert Hirschfeld) , "Frühling"
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-21
Line count: 28
Word count: 97
Droplets of dew sparkle, A spring whispers in the open field; Hidden in heather, Somewhere a heifer's bell rings. Pretty gentle open field Picture views form happily, All around, flowers release fragrance, And bushes bloom. Graze and wander, my little herd, I sit by a rock, A sweet song that I like I'll sing for myself. A pleasant quiet abandonded place! Yet some regrets wander in my mind, my heart mourns, and a tear forms in my eye. The tear escapes my eye, Within me sings a stream, To me from above, A skylark responds. His wings he spreads, Barely visible to the eye, Higher, higer... Lost already among the clouds. Above prairies and fields he flies, Still singing his song; And the song from the ground He takes up into the sky!
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Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Stefan Witwicki (1801 - 1847), "Wiosna"
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-21
Line count: 28
Word count: 133