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by Halina Póswiatowska (1935 - 1967)

Zawsze kiedy chcę żyć krzyczę
Language: Polish (Polski) 
zawsze kiedy chcę żyć krzyczę 
gdy życie odchodzi ode mnie 
przywieram do niego 
mówię - życie 
nie odchodź jeszcze
jego ciepła ręka w mojej ręce 
moje usta przy jego uchu 
szepczę

życie 
- jak gdyby życie było kochankiem 
który chce odejść -

wieszam mu się na szyi 
krzyczę

umrę jeśli odejdziesz

Text Authorship:

  • by Halina Póswiatowska (1935 - 1967) [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 Tadeusz Baird (1928 - 1981), "Zawsze kiedy chcę żyć krzyczę" [ mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra ], from Pięć pieśni do słów Haliny Poświatowskiej , no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-01-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 48

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