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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Caren Moffett

Wisło moja, Wisło szara

Language: Polish (Polski)

Our translations: ENG

Wisło moją, Wisło szara
Gdzie tak cicho płyniesz?
Skąd swe wody nazbierałaś
Mów, nim w morzu, zginiesz

Nazbierałam swoje wody
Z tej polskiej krainy
Z tej krainy ukochanej,
Nie ma nad nią innej

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Szeroka woda (edited by Jadwiga Gorzechowska), first published 1967 [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 Henryk Mikołaj Górecki (1933 - 2010), "Wisło moja, Wisło szara", op. 46 (1981), first performed 1987 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Caren Moffett) , "My Vistula, grey Vistula", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Caren Moffett

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 33

My Vistula, grey Vistula

Language: English after the Polish (Polski)

My Vistula, grey Vistula
Where are you flowing so quietly?
Where did your water come from?
Tell me, before you vanish into the sea.

I have gathered my water
from the Polish countryside,
from my most beloved country.
There is no other better

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Polish (Polski) from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , appears in Szeroka woda (edited by Jadwiga Gorzechowska), first published 1967
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This text was added to the website: 2013-03-30
Line count: 8
Word count: 43