by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855)
Znasz‑li ten kraj
Language: Polish (Polski) after the German (Deutsch)
Znasz-li ten kraj, Gdzie cytryna dojrzewa, Pomarańcz blask [Majowe]1 złoci drzewa? Gdzie wieńcem bluszcz Ruiny dawne stroi, Gdzie buja laur I cyprys cicho stoi? Znasz-li ten kraj? Ach, tam, o moja miła! Tam był mi raj, Pókiś ty ze mną była! Znasz-li ten gmach, Gdzie wielkich sto podwoi[,] Gdzie kolumn rząd I tłum posągów stoi? A wszystkie mnie Witają twarzą białą: Pielgrzymie nasz, Ach, co się z tobą stało? Znasz-li ten kraj? Ach, tam, o moja miła! Tam był mi raj, Pókiś ty ze mną była! Znasz-li ten brzeg, Gdzie po skalistych górach Strudzony muł Swej drogi szuka w chmurach? Gdzie w głębi jam Płomieniem wrą opoki, A z wierzchu skał W kaskadach grzmią potoki? Znasz-li ten kraj?... Ach, [tu]2, o moja miła! Tam byłby raj, Gdybyś ty ze mną była!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Poezye Adama Mickiewicza, Book 1, Kraków, Księgarnia G. Gebethnera, 1899, pages 219-220.
1 Moniuszko: "Zielone"2 Moniuszko: "tam"
Text Authorship:
- by Adam Mickiewicz (1798 - 1855), "Do H(enryki Ankwiczówny). — Wezwanie do Neapolu" [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832), "Mignon", written 1784, appears in Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, first published 1795
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Stanisław Moniuszko (1819 - 1872), "Wezwanie do Neapolu", alternate title: "Znasz-li ten kraj" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Czech (Čeština), a translation by Ladislav Quis (1846 - 1913) CAT DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Zdenko Antonín Václav Fibich.
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , copyright © CAT CZE DUT FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Ralph Shapey.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Achille Maffre de Baugé (1855 - 1912) , no title CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Jules Goudareau.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by (Paul) Jules Barbier (1825 - 1901) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS and by Michel Carré (1822 - 1872) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Ambroise Thomas.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Louis Gallet (1835 - 1898) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Charles Gounod.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Victor Wilder (1835 - 1892) [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Henri Duparc.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation (Comte de P. Perthuis ? ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Adolf Reichel.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Théodore Toussenel (1806 - 1885) CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Hippolyte Monpou.
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Émile Deschamps (1791 - 1871) CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by ? Stosberg [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL RUS ; composed by Joseph Geissler.
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- Also set in Italian (Italiano), a translation by Giuseppe Zaffira , "Non conosci il bel suol" [an adaptation] CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN POL RUS ; composed by Ambroise Thomas.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev (1803 - 1873) , no title CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL ; composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist CAT CZE DUT ENG ENG ENG ENG FRE FRE FRE FRE FRE GRE HUN ITA ITA ITA POL ; composed by Akhilles Nikolayevich Alferaki.
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