by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
Allah Akbar
Language: Polish (Polski)
Allah, Allah Akbar, Allah! Ja wiem, ja dobrze wiem, że ciebie stworzył Allah, bym jego chwalił, bo czyż nie mając ciebie byłbym szalonym muezinem? Bo czyżbym wysyłał w niebo głos wychwalający Allaha nie myśląc, że dźwięk jego zbudzi ciebie? Allah Akbar, Allah!
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Karol Maciej Szymanowski (1882 - 1937), "Allah Akbar", op. 42 no. 1 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 1, also set in French (Français), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudolf Stephan Hoffmann (1878 - 1931) ; composed by Karol Maciej Szymanowski.
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This text was added to the website: 2010-04-06
Line count: 6
Word count: 42