by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
Translation Singable translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946)
O tej godzinie
Language: Polish (Polski)
O tej godzinie, w której miasto śpi, o olali! o olali! zbudźcie się chwalic' Allaha! Wstan', stary kupcze, by chwalic' Allaha A! licząc swe perły. Wstan' ty, niewiasto, by chwalic' Allaha czekając na junaka. Tylko ty, o luba, utulona snem, o olali! o olali! jak lotus śpij skulona.
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), "O tej godzinie", op. 42 no. 5 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [ voice and piano ], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 5, 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.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 48
À l'heure calme
Language: French (Français) after the Polish (Polski)
À l'heure calme où la ville dort, o olali! o olali! chantez donc, lagloire d'Allah! Debout, vieux marchand perse, à la gloire d'Allah A! donne tes perles. Debout toi, ô femme à la gloire d'Allah, tout en pensant à ton amant. Mais toi, ô bien-aimée, dans ton rêve d'or, o olali! o olali! comme un blanc lotus repose.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Zofia Szymanowska (1898 - 1946) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Polish (Polski) by Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz (1894 - 1980)
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), "À l'heure calme", op. 42 no. 5 (1918), published 1922, orchestrated 1934 [voice and piano], from Pieśni muezina szalonego, no. 5, also set in Polish (Polszczyzna), also set in German (Deutsch) [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-04-06
Line count: 8
Word count: 58