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by Zygmunt Krasiński (1812 - 1859)
Translation by Frank H. Fortey (1876 - ?)

O, nie mów o mnie, gdy mnie już nie...
Language: Polish (Polski) 
O, nie mów o mnie, gdy mnie już nie będzie,
Że ciebie tylko goryczą zraniłem,
Bo ja goryczy kielich także piłem
Zawsze i wszędzie!

O, nie mów o mnie, gdy mnie już nie będzie,
Że tobie tylko los życia [popsułem]1,
Bo własną dolę sam także zatrułem
Zawsze i wszędzie!

Ale mów o mnie, gdy mnie już nie będzie,
Że Bóg jest dobry, że mnie schował w grobie,
Bo byłbym sobie nieszczęsny i tobie
Zawsze i wszędzie!

Ale mów o mnie, gdy mnie już nie będzie,
Żem żył na świecie dzikim serca szałem,
Bo z serca ciebie, choć gorzko, kochałem
Zawsze i wszędzie!

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•   W. Żeleński 

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Confirmed with Pisam Zygmunta Krasińskiego, tom III, ed. by Stanisław Tarnowski, W Krakowie: Nakładem Księgarni J. K. Żupańskiego & K. J. Heumanna, 1891. Appears in Utwory poetyczne dorbniejsze, page 267.

1 Żeleński: "przepsułem"

Text Authorship:

  • by Zygmunt Krasiński (1812 - 1859), no title [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 Władysław Marcjan Mikołaj Żeleński (1837 - 1921), "Zawsze i wszędzie" [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Frank H. Fortey (1876 - ?) ; composed by Edward Elgar, Sir.
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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2017-10-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

Always and Everywhere
Language: English  after the Polish (Polski) 
O say not, when my earthly days are o'er,
That I have only caused thee sorrows sore ;
For I have wrecked my own life, even more,
  Always and Everywhere.

O say not, when on earth I no more dwell,
That I have numbed thy young heart's joyous swell ;
I, too, have quaffed the Poison-Cup of Hell,
  Always and Everywhere.

But say, when soft the grasses o'er me wave,
That God is kind to hide me in the grave ;
For both my life and thine I did enslave,
  Always and Everywhere.

But say, O say ! when my last hours depart,
That my poor life was one long frenzied smart ;
For I have loved thee, though with bitter heart,
  Always and Everywhere.

Text Authorship:

  • by Frank H. Fortey (1876 - ?) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Polish (Polski) by Zygmunt Krasiński (1812 - 1859), no title
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Edward Elgar, Sir (1857 - 1934), "Always and Everywhere", 1901, published 1901. [voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 120

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