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by (Józef) Bohdan Zaleski (1802 - 1886)

Mgła mi do oczu zawiewa z łona
Language: Polish (Polski) 
Our translations:  FRE
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!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   F. Chopin 

F. Chopin sets stanzas 1, 3 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information

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Text Authorship:

  • by (Józef) Bohdan Zaleski (1802 - 1886) [author's text not yet checked 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), "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.
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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"


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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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