Wish | If I were the sun in the sky

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by Stefan Witwicki (1801 - 1847)

Translation © by Christopher Lapkowski

Życzenie

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: CHI ENG FRE

Gdybym ja była słoneczkiem na niebie,
Nie świeciłabym jak tylko dla ciebie.
Ani na wody, 
ani na lasy, 
ale po wszystkie
Czasy pod twym okienkiem i tylko dla ciebie
Gdybym w słoneczko mogła zmienić siebie.

Gdybym ja była ptaszkiem z tego gaju,
Nie śpiewałabym w żadnym obcym kraju.
Ani na wody, 
ani na lasy, 
ale po wsystkie
Czasy pod twym okienkiem i tylko dla ciebie
Czemuż nie mogę w ptaszka zmienić siebie.

Text Authorship:

by Stefan Witwicki (1801 - 1847) [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), "Życzenie", op. 74 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) , "Mädchens Wunsch" ; composed by Paul Hoppe.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Gumbert (1818 - 1896) , "Mädchens Wunsch" ; composed by Antonie Broich, Ādams Ore.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Heinrich Nitschmann (1826 - 1905) , "Wunsch" ; composed by Alban Förster, Friedrich Klose, Paul Sakolowski.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , "心愿", copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Christopher Lapkowski) , "Wish", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Souhait", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Friedrich Reiß) , "Mädchens Wunsch"
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Robert Hirschfeld) , "Mädchens Wunsch"

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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

Wish

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

If I were the sun in the sky
I wouldn't shine just on you.
Neither on lakes 
nor forests 
but on everything;
Oh the times under your window and only for you
If I could only change into the sun.

If I were a bird from that forest
I wouldn't sing in any foreign country
Neither on lakes 
nor forests 
but on everything;
Oh the times under your window and only for you
If I could only change into a bird.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Polish (Polski) to English copyright © by Christopher Lapkowski, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Polish (Polski) by Stefan Witwicki (1801 - 1847)
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This text was added to the website: 2003-12-27
Line count: 14
Word count: 81